Delfín Ortega-Sánchez, Esther Sanz de la Cal, Jaime Ibáñez Quintana
Literacies and the Development of Social, Critical, and Creative Thought in Textbook Activities for Primary Education in Social Sciences and the Spanish Language
Frontiers in psychology
access water sanitation hygiene wash resources schools critical disease prevention control especially public health emergencies belize systematic national data wash schools needed inform public health decisions interventions december 2021 january 2022 national survey sent electronically government governmentaided primary secondary schools belize n 308 gather information wash services survey 12 pilot schools selected based highest selfreported need wash resources participate additional evaluation intervention included environmental nudges supplemental supply provision hand hygiene education understand progression covid19 pandemic may influenced hand hygiene facility assessments evaluate access hand hygiene resources conducted person schools reopened facetoface learning pandemic march 2022 15 months later june 2023 among schools participating national survey n 221 55 reported times water available schools almost 9 10 schools 89 functional handwashing station 47 reported always soap handwashing baseline followup 12 pilot schools observed decreases proportion functional handwashing access points 11 functional handwashing access points accessible individuals disabilities 17 small children 29 functional alcoholbased hand rub dispensers 13 despite ongoing covid19 pandemic observed gaps wash resources schools belize onsite assessments pilot schools schools encouraged provided wash resources maintain vigilance disease control measures