Title | Cholera response in Haiti : hygiene promotion : determining what works |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Oxford, GBOxfam - |
Secondary Title | Humanitarian field studies / Oxfam America |
Pagination | 4 p.; 1 box; 1 fig.; 2 photographs |
Date Published | 2012-01-01 |
Publisher | Oxfam America |
Place Published | Boston, MA, USA |
Keywords | cholera, disasters, epidemics, haiti, health education, hygiene, personal hygiene |
Abstract | When a massive earthquake struck Haiti in january 2010, followed by a cholera epidemic that broke out in october of that year, Oxfam rushed assistance — clean water, sanitation, and hygiene materials and information—to hard-hit areas to protect public health. Hygiene promotion is arguably the most important intervention in a cholera epidemic: the route of cholera transmission is fecal-oral, and contaminated hands are often the principal vector. So Oxfam engages in a wide range of hygiene-promotion activities to encourage washing hands—specifically, washing hands with soap at key moments, such as before eating and after defecation. [authors abstract] Research brief based on : "Factors determining the effectiveness of Oxfam’s public health promotion approach in Haiti, 2012". |
Notes | With 1 reference |
Custom 1 | 203.3 |