Funded by the COVID-19 Hygiene Hub and under the leadership of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Ranas contributed to the study design, analysis and publication of a multi-country evaluation of hygiene behaviour change programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The cross-sectional study was implemented in seven countries, namely Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia, with in total 3033 participants. Primary outcomes included self-reported handwashing behaviour, mask wearing, and physical distancing. In additional several RANAS factors, including the perception of costs and benefits, norm factors and self-regulation were assessed.
Results suggest strong variations in mask wearing and physical distancing between countries and increases in handwashing behaviours that, however, remained at relatively low levels. Several RANAS factors, including norm factors and self-regulation processes were found to determine COVID-19 hygiene behaviours.
Read the full article published in BMJ Open here.
More information about our work with the COVID-19 Hygiene Hub:
Individual country evaluations that contributed to the assessment.
Webinar in collaboration with the COVID-19 Hygiene Hub.
