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dc.contributor.author | Latham, Jonathan R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Magiorakos, Anna-Pelagia | - |
dc.contributor.author | Monnet, Dominique Louis | - |
dc.contributor.author | Alleaume, Sophie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Aspevall, Olov | - |
dc.contributor.author | Blacky, Alexander | - |
dc.contributor.author | Borg, Michael | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ciurus, Maria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Costa, Ana Cristina | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cunney, Robert | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dolinšek, Mojca | - |
dc.contributor.author | Dumpis, Uga | - |
dc.contributor.author | Erne, Sabine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gudlaugsson, Olafur | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hedlova, Dana | - |
dc.contributor.author | Heisbourg, Elisabeth | - |
dc.contributor.author | Holt, Jette | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kerbo, Natalia | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sorknes, Nina Kristine | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lyytikäinen, Outi | - |
dc.contributor.author | Maltezou, Helena C. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Michael, Stavroula | - |
dc.contributor.author | Moro, Maria Luisa | - |
dc.contributor.author | Reichardt, Christiane | - |
dc.contributor.author | Stefkovicova, Maria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Szilágyi, Emese | - |
dc.contributor.author | Valinteliene, Rolanda | - |
dc.contributor.author | Vatcheva-Dobrevska, Rossitza | - |
dc.contributor.author | Viseur, Natacha | - |
dc.contributor.author | Voss, Andreas | - |
dc.contributor.author | Woodward, Suzette | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cordier, Laura | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jansen, Andreas | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-21T10:34:22Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-21T10:34:22Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Latham, J. R., Magiorakos, A. P., Monnet, D. L., Alleaume, S., Aspevall, O., Blacky, A., ... & Cunney, R. (2014). The role and utilisation of public health evaluations in Europe: a case study of national hand hygiene campaigns. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 2-6. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/56512 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Evaluations are essential to judge the success of public health programmes. In Europe, the proportion of public health programmes that undergo evaluation remains unclear. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control sought to determine the frequency of evaluations amongst European national public health programmes by using national hand hygiene campaigns as an example of intervention. Methods. A cohort of all national hand hygiene campaigns initiated between 2000 and 2012 was utilised for the analysis. The aim was to collect information about evaluations of hand hygiene campaigns and their frequency. The survey was sent to nominated contact points for healthcare-associated infection surveillance in European Union and European Economic Area Member States. Results: Thirty-six hand hygiene campaigns in 20 countries were performed between 2000 and 2012. Of these, 50% had undergone an evaluation and 55% of those utilised the WHO hand hygiene intervention self-assessment tool. Evaluations utilised a variety of methodologies and indicators in assessing changes in hand hygiene behaviours pre and post intervention. Of the 50% of campaigns that were not evaluated, two thirds reported that both human and financial resource constraints posed significant barriers for the evaluation. Conclusion: The study identified an upward trend in the number of hand hygiene campaigns implemented in Europe. It is likely that the availability of the internationally-accepted evaluation methodology developed by the WHO contributed to the evaluation of more hand hygiene campaigns in Europe. Despite this rise, hand hygiene campaigns appear to be under-evaluated. The development of simple, programme-specific, standardised guidelines, evaluation indicators and other evidence-based public health materials could help promote evaluations across all areas of public health. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Public health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hygiene | en_GB |
dc.subject | Medical personnel | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cohort analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hand washing | en_GB |
dc.title | The role and utilisation of public health evaluations in Europe : a case study of national hand hygiene campaigns | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder | en_GB |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | Spanish Hand Hygiene Campaign | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-131 | - |
dc.publication.title | BMC Public Health | en_GB |
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