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Video Surveillance Captures Student Hand Hygiene Behavior, Reactivity to Observation, and Peer Influence in Kenyan Primary Schools

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

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Background: In-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. Methods: Student 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. Findings: Video surveillance and in-person observation captured similar rates of hand cleaning (absolute difference

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  • Amy J Pickering & Annalise G Blum & Robert F Breiman & Pavani K Ram & Jennifer Davis, 2014. "Video Surveillance Captures Student Hand Hygiene Behavior, Reactivity to Observation, and Peer Influence in Kenyan Primary Schools," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(3), pages 1-7, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0092571
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092571
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    3. Robert Dreibelbis & Anne Kroeger & Kamal Hossain & Mohini Venkatesh & Pavani K. Ram, 2016. "Behavior Change without Behavior Change Communication: Nudging Handwashing among Primary School Students in Bangladesh," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, January.
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