Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey

In 2003, a national multi-sectorial Handwashing Initiative (HWI) was created in Peru to increase handwashing with soap among mothers and children. The early years of the HWI focused on laying groundwork, including a formative research study in 2004...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/08/12840644/peru-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-handwashing-behavior-change-journey
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spelling okr-10986-116922021-04-23T14:02:56Z Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey World Bank AGED AGRICULTURE BABIES BABY BEHAVIOR CHANGE BOTTLES CAPACITY­BUILDING CLEAN HANDS COMMUNICATION CHANNELS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDOM CONDOM USE COOKING DIARRHEA DIARRHEAL DISEASES FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GERM THEORY GERMS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HANDS WITH SOAP HANDWASHING HAZARD HEALTH AND HYGIENE HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HYGIENE MESSAGES HYGIENE PROMOTION INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION LEADING CAUSES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MASS MEDIA MINISTRIES OF HEALTH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POSTERS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL RADIO REPRODUCTIVE AGE RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RURAL AREAS SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SELF-ESTEEM SOAP SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEVISION USING SOAP WASHING HANDS WORKERS In 2003, a national multi-sectorial Handwashing Initiative (HWI) was created in Peru to increase handwashing with soap among mothers and children. The early years of the HWI focused on laying groundwork, including a formative research study in 2004; the creation of a consultative committee by the Ministry of Health (MoH); and a national decree formalizing the HWI. The Water and Sanitation program (WSP) has coordinated the HWI since its inception. This learning note profiles the behavior change component of the second phase with a focus on how it was designed, implemented, and monitored. Challenges and lessons learned are included to assist program managers as they make decisions to develop and manage a handwashing promotion initiative. Peru provides an interesting case study because the intervention itself is interwoven with efforts to strengthen capacity, policies, partnerships, and other aspects of the enabling environment required to sustain handwashing with soap programs. Though detangling these various program components is a challenge, this note on the behavior change journey attempts to do so. 2012-08-13T15:44:56Z 2012-08-13T15:44:56Z 2010-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/08/12840644/peru-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-handwashing-behavior-change-journey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11692 English Water and Sanitation Program : Learning Note CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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topic AGED
AGRICULTURE
BABIES
BABY
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BOTTLES
CAPACITY­BUILDING
CLEAN HANDS
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONDOM
CONDOM USE
COOKING
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GERM THEORY
GERMS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
HANDS WITH SOAP
HANDWASHING
HAZARD
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HYGIENE MESSAGES
HYGIENE PROMOTION
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
INTERVENTION
LEADING CAUSES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MASS MEDIA
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
POSTERS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SELF-ESTEEM
SOAP
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TELEVISION
USING SOAP
WASHING HANDS
WORKERS
spellingShingle AGED
AGRICULTURE
BABIES
BABY
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
BOTTLES
CAPACITY­BUILDING
CLEAN HANDS
COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONDOM
CONDOM USE
COOKING
DIARRHEA
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GERM THEORY
GERMS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
HANDS WITH SOAP
HANDWASHING
HAZARD
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
HYGIENE MESSAGES
HYGIENE PROMOTION
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
INTERVENTION
LEADING CAUSES
LOCAL COMMUNITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MASS MEDIA
MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORBIDITY
MOTHER
NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
POSTERS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROGRESS
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY ASSURANCE
QUALITY CONTROL
RADIO
REPRODUCTIVE AGE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RURAL AREAS
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICES
SELF-ESTEEM
SOAP
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SUSTAINABLE ACCESS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TELEVISION
USING SOAP
WASHING HANDS
WORKERS
World Bank
Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Peru
relation Water and Sanitation Program : Learning Note
description In 2003, a national multi-sectorial Handwashing Initiative (HWI) was created in Peru to increase handwashing with soap among mothers and children. The early years of the HWI focused on laying groundwork, including a formative research study in 2004; the creation of a consultative committee by the Ministry of Health (MoH); and a national decree formalizing the HWI. The Water and Sanitation program (WSP) has coordinated the HWI since its inception. This learning note profiles the behavior change component of the second phase with a focus on how it was designed, implemented, and monitored. Challenges and lessons learned are included to assist program managers as they make decisions to develop and manage a handwashing promotion initiative. Peru provides an interesting case study because the intervention itself is interwoven with efforts to strengthen capacity, policies, partnerships, and other aspects of the enabling environment required to sustain handwashing with soap programs. Though detangling these various program components is a challenge, this note on the behavior change journey attempts to do so.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author World Bank
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title Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
title_short Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
title_full Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
title_fullStr Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
title_full_unstemmed Peru : A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey
title_sort peru : a handwashing behavior change journey
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/08/12840644/peru-global-scaling-up-handwashing-project-handwashing-behavior-change-journey
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