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

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

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-7

Abstract: 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

Date: 2014
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