This brief answers some frequently asked questions about nudges as a behavior change tool, and highlights interventions where nudges have been used to increase handwashing.
2015 / Published by Global Handwashing Partnership, UNICEF, USAID WASHPlus & the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The GHP hosted this webinar to celebrate the 2015 World Health Day theme: food safety. Food hygiene is a particularly relevant topic for those of us working in handwashing.
2014 / Published by CDC & the University at Buffalo
Prepared by the University at Buffalo, this report seeks to understand approaches and challenges to improving hand hygiene in humanitarian emergencies though conducting informant interviews with experts.
2014 / Published by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, St. John's Research Institute & DDB Mudra Group
This research, presented by Leanne Unicomb (icddr,b) at the 20th International Congress of Nutrition, found that including handwashing in a nutrition intervention makes sense and has the potential to be successful.
This study explored the impact of using video surveillance to monitor hand hygiene behavior, and explore the role of peer influence on student hand cleaning behavior.
This inspiring video from Unilever Lifebuoy’s Help a Child Reach 5 handwashing campaign demonstrates the powerful role handwashing can have in child survival.
2011 / Published by World Bank Water & Sanitation Program
The purpose of this study was to document the process through which tippy-taps were promoted to qualitatively explore the results and to draw out lessons for future interventions.
2015 / Published by Tropical Medicine & International Health
Researchers in this study explored the impact of non-clinical interventions-including those in sanitation and hygiene-on acute respiratory infections and diarrheal disease.