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1. Video surveillance captures student hand hygiene behavior, reactivity to observation, and peer influence in Kenyan primary schools.

Author

Pickering, Amy J, Blum, Annalise G, Breiman, Robert F, Ram, Pavani K, and Davis, Jennifer

Subjects
Humans, Attitude to Health, Health Behavior, Schools, Students, Video Recording, Kenya, Female, Male, Public Health Surveillance, Hand Hygiene, Peer Influence, General Science & Technology
Abstract

BackgroundIn-person structured observation is considered the best approach for measuring hand hygiene behavior, yet is expensive, time consuming, and may alter behavior. Video surveillance could be a useful tool for objectively monitoring hand hygiene behavior if validated against current methods.MethodsStudent hand cleaning behavior was monitored with video surveillance and in-person structured observation, both simultaneously and separately, at four primary schools in urban Kenya over a study period of 8 weeks.FindingsVideo surveillance and in-person observation captured similar rates of hand cleaning (absolute difference

Published
2014

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