Imperial College London
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Dr Gaby Judah

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Non-Clinical Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences
 
 
 
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Citation

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@article{Fleischman:2011:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127,
author = {Fleischman, DS and Webster, GD and Judah, G and de, Barra M and Aunger, R and Curtis, VA},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127},
journal = {BMJ Open},
pages = {1--7},
title = {Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127},
volume = {1},
year = {2011}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Objectives To examine how the frequency of information regarding a real disease threat influences hand washing with soap.Design and setting The authors installed wireless devices in highway service station lavatories in England to record the proportion of individuals washing hands with soap from May 2009 to January 2010.Participants Participants were users of men's and women's toilets. Combined there was an average of 6800 participant entrances into the lavatories daily.Primary outcome measure The primary outcome measure is the proportion of soap usage to the number of entries into the lavatories.Results Hand-washing rates were positively related to both H1NI coverage in blogs and the news; however, these relationships were stronger for men than for women.Conclusions Hand washing with soap increases proportionally to the frequency of media key words related to H1N1. Women's hand washing was more strongly associated with incidence of media keywords than men's.
AU  - Fleischman,DS
AU  - Webster,GD
AU  - Judah,G
AU  - de,Barra M
AU  - Aunger,R
AU  - Curtis,VA
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127
EP  - 7
PY  - 2011///
SN  - 2044-6055
SP  - 1
TI  - Sensor recorded changes in rates of hand washing with soap in response to the media reports of the H1N1 pandemic in Britain
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000127
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000208638500006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/1/2/e000127
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/79826
VL  - 1
ER  -
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