How We Didn’t Clean Up Until We Washed Our Hands

Schulte, Joann; Williams, Linda S.; Asghar, Jawaid; Dang, Thi; Bedwell, Shelby; Guerrero, Kenzi; Hamaker, Doug; Stonecipher, Shelley; Zoretic, James; Chow, Catherine

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“…The study conducted in North Texas was geared towards controlling a Shigella outbreak in an elementary and middle school [26]. Installing liquid soap in dispensers in student restrooms followed by sustained instruction in hand washing and monitoring of hygiene practices among students was performed.…”

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Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children

Joshi

Amadi

2013

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Purpose. This review was done to explore the impact of water treatment, hygiene, and sanitary interventions on improving child health outcomes such as absenteeism, infections, knowledge, attitudes, and practices and adoption of point-of-use water treatment. Methods. A literature search was conducted using the databases PubMed and Google scholar for studies published between 2009 and 2012 and focusing on the effects of access to safe water, hand washing facilities, and hygiene education among school-age children. Studies included were those that documented the provision of water and sanitation in schools for children less than 18 years of age, interventions which assessed WASH practices, and English-language, full-text peer reviewed papers. Results. Fifteen studies were included in the final analysis. 73% (n = 11) of the studies were conducted in developing countries and were rural based (53%, n = 8). The child's age, gender, grade level, socioeconomic index, access to hygiene and sanitary facilities, and prior knowledge of hygiene practices were significantly associated with the outcomes. Nutrition practices which are key factors associated with the outcomes were rarely assessed. Conclusion. Further research is required to assess the long-term impact of such interventions in different settings.

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Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children

Joshi

Amadi

2013

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…Universal suggestions to control current outbreak acclaims appropriate handwashing is one of the most important way to avert transmission of this virus along with physical distancing ( Bedford et al, 2020 ; Chu et al, 2020 ). Hand hygiene is already proved many times to be an effective measure in reducing infections and causing illness for example diarrhoea, nosocomial infection, sepsis ( Esrey et al, 1991 ; Schulte et al, 2012 ; Talaat et al, 2011 ). WASH and the improvement in its components includes water supply, sanitation facilities and their use, improving hygiene behaviours was an effective control measure for several past outbreaks ( Esrey et al, 1991 ; Fewtrell & Colford, 2005 ; Jasper et al, 2012 ; Talaat et al, 2011 ).…”

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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) during COVID19 pandemic in India: Practicability in poor settings!

Kalpana¹,

Patel²,

Yasobant³

et al. 2021

Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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“…Early detection of patients and carriers, timely isolation and thorough treatment are important measures to control shigellosis. The ways of cutting off transmission way includes managing water, excrement and food, managing the transmission through flies and washing hands before eating and after using the toilet [ 13 ].…”

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Feasibility of containing shigellosis in Hubei Province, China: a modelling study

Rui

Chen

et al. 2020

BMC Infect Dis

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Background The transmission features and the feasibility of containing shigellosis remain unclear among a population-based study in China. Methods A population–based Susceptible – Exposed – Infectious / Asymptomatic – Recovered (SEIAR) model was built including decreasing the infectious period (DIP) or isolation of shigellosis cases. We analyzed the distribution of the reported shigellosis cases in Hubei Province, China from January 2005 to December 2017, and divided the time series into several stages according to the heterogeneity of reported incidence during the period. In each stage, an epidemic season was selected for the modelling and assessing the effectiveness of DIP and case isolation. Results A total of 130,770 shigellosis cases were reported in Hubei Province. The median of R eff was 1.13 (range: 0.86–1.21), 1.10 (range: 0.91–1.13), 1.09 (range: 0.92–1.92), and 1.03 (range: 0.94–1.22) in 2005–2006 season, 2010–2011 season, 2013–2014 season, and 2016–2017 season, respectively. The reported incidence decreased significantly (trend χ 2 = 8260.41, P < 0.001) among four stages. The incidence of shigellosis decreased sharply when DIP implemented in three scenarios ( γ = 0.1, 0.1429, 0.3333) and when proportion of case isolation increased. Conclusions Year heterogeneity of reported shigellosis incidence exists in Hubei Province. It is feasible to contain the transmission by implementing DIP and case isolation.

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How We Didn’t Clean Up Until We Washed Our Hands

Abstract: Appropriate soap supplies and repeated instruction in hand washing and its monitoring were needed to control the outbreak.

Cited by 9 publications

References 19 publications

Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children

Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) during COVID19 pandemic in India: Practicability in poor settings!

Feasibility of containing shigellosis in Hubei Province, China: a modelling study

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