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Hand sanitisers for reducing illness absences in primary school children in New Zealand: a cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol
| العنوان: | Hand sanitisers for reducing illness absences in primary school children in New Zealand: a cluster randomised controlled trial study protocol |
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| المؤلفون: | Poore Marion R, Audas Rick, Priest Patricia, McKenzie Joanne E, Brunton Cheryl R, Reeves Lesley M |
| المصدر: | Trials, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 7 (2010) |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| المجموعة: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Background New Zealand has relatively high rates of morbidity and mortality from infectious disease compared with other OECD countries, with infectious disease being more prevalent in children compared with others in the population. Consequences of infectious disease in children may have significant economic and social impact beyond the direct effects of the disease on the health of the child; including absence from school, transmission of infectious disease to other pupils, staff, and family members, and time off work for parents/guardians. Reduction of the transmission of infectious disease between children at schools could be an effective way of reducing the community incidence of infectious disease. Alcohol based no-rinse hand sanitisers provide an alternative hand cleaning technology, for which there is some evidence that they may be effective in achieving this. However, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of hand sanitisers, and importantly, the potential wider economic implications of this intervention have not been established. Aims The primary objective of this trial is to establish if the provision of hand sanitisers in primary schools in the South Island of New Zealand, in addition to an education session on hand hygiene, reduces the incidence rate of absence episodes due to illness in children. In addition, the trial will establish the cost-effectiveness and conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the intervention in this setting. Methods/Design A cluster randomised controlled trial will be undertaken to establish the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of hand sanitisers. Sixty-eight primary schools will be recruited from three regions in the South Island of New Zealand. The schools will be randomised, within region, to receive hand sanitisers and an education session on hand hygiene, or an education session on hand hygiene alone. Fifty pupils from each school in years 1 to 6 (generally aged from 5 to 11 years) will be randomly selected for detailed follow-up about their ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1745-6215 |
| العلاقة: | http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/11/1/7Test; https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215Test; https://doaj.org/article/28eff0e1c9814ccfb1e2de62aaec6211Test |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1745-6215-11-7 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-11-7Test https://doaj.org/article/28eff0e1c9814ccfb1e2de62aaec6211Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.132CC26D |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 17456215 |
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| DOI: | 10.1186/1745-6215-11-7 |