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What triggers mothers to promote handwashing for their children?
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SNV (2019). Emotional demonstrations (emo-demos) of handwashing with soap at vaccination centres. SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, The Hague, The Netherlands
www.susana.org/en/knowledge-hub/resource...library/details/3649
Emotional demonstrations (emo-demos) are used in behaviour-centred design to trigger behaviour changes, such as handwashing with soap, by creating disgust and shame.
Through the Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene For All (SSH4A) programme, vaccination centres in villages were found to be an ideal place to raise awareness of the importance of washing hands with soap among pregnant women, mothers and caregivers.
This case study presents the emo-demo for triggering behaviour changes at vaccination centres. It provides practical information for implementing an emo-demo of this kind, and a brief discussion on the remaining challenges and lessons learned by the SNV team and their partners on the ground.
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Irrespective of the type, the obvious answer to me is that parents are also a kid's first teachers, and they assume the responsibility to make the kid independent and keep them healthy. For working women, saving their own time of child-care so as to leave home in time for work or engage that time in economic activity, etc could be a reason to impart this training sooner.
I am also wondering if the reasons will vary due to the context - urban v/s rural, income class, employment type, etc. And the level of training or its correctness will offcourse depend on knowledge of the woman herself - Couple of examples one can think of are
1. They may insist on hand washing but not know to wash hands so that all parts are washed.
2. They may educate an adolescent girl about menstruation but not know about or how to use sanitary pads or insist on use of sanitary pads but not know how to dispose them.
In most cultures the responsibility invariably falls on the woman, I therefore like your explicit assumption of women imparting hygiene education to children
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However, I thought the question is trying to look at what factors trigger the mother to instill these hygiene habits in their already growing children( Child`s behavior).
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