Handwashing with Soap – A Key Part of the COVID-19 Response: Technical Brief

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Handwashing with soap, together with other public health interventions, will be key to curbing the transmission of COVID-19.

This technical brief offers guidelines for:

  • Key moments for handwashing with soap during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Knowledge alone does not always lead to behavior change
  • Integrate a range of handwashing determinants into promotion efforts
  • Create handwashing infrastructure that enables behavior
  • Use cues, reminders, and rewards to trigger handwashing behaviors
  • Share stories to motivate handwashing
  • Addressing common barriers to handwashing with soap
  • Rapid interventions to promoting handwashing as part of COVID-19 response
  • Online resources

Source: Handwashing with Soap: A Key Part of the COVID-19 Response

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    WASH’EM: Improving Handwashing Behaviour Change Programs in Humanitarian Crises

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    Wash’Em is a process for rapidly designing evidence-based and context-adapted handwashing behavior change programs in emergencies.

    The Wash’Em process involves using 5 rapid assessment tools to understand behavior. Then the user can enter those findings into the Wash’Em software which will in turn provide tailored program recommendations.

    Source: WASH’EM: Improving Handwashing Behaviour Change Programs in Humanitarian Crises

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