Improving Hand Washing Practices Using Age Appropriate Hand Washing Platforms in Schools and Communities

5 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2019

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Dr. Om Prakash Singh

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)

Arindam Ghatak

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)

Abhik Dutta

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)

Sudeep Sharma

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat); Jagan Nath University, Students

Trupti Ashtankar

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat)

Date Written: January 30, 2019

Abstract

Hand washing is the practice which can save us from a vast spectrum of communicable diseases. The primary schools toilets and community toilets usually have wash basins or platforms built at a particular height. It has been observed that due to the height of these wash basins; it becomes unapproachable for small children. Also, limited numbers of taps discourage children from practising hand washing. Keeping these factors in view and to promote the practice of hand washing among school children, Save the children has come up with a unique design of three stage hand washing platforms. The design of the platform is child friendly and allows children of every age group to wash their hands comfortably irrespective of their height.

Keywords: Age Appropriate, Diarrhoea, Hand washing, Platforms, SDI

Suggested Citation

Singh, Om Prakash and Ghatak, Arindam and Dutta, Abhik and Sharma, Sudeep and Ashtankar, Trupti, Improving Hand Washing Practices Using Age Appropriate Hand Washing Platforms in Schools and Communities (January 30, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3325832 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3325832

Om Prakash Singh

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) ( email )

National Support Office,
Plot no 91, Sector 44,
Gurgaon, Haryana 122003
India

Arindam Ghatak

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) ( email )

National Support Office,
Plot no 91, Sector 44,
Gurgaon, Haryana 122003
India

Abhik Dutta

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) ( email )

National Support Office,
Plot no 91, Sector 44,
Gurgaon, Haryana 122003
India

Sudeep Sharma (Contact Author)

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) ( email )

National Support Office,
Plot no 91, Sector 44,
Gurgaon, Haryana 122003
India

Jagan Nath University, Students ( email )

India

Trupti Ashtankar

Save the Children (Bal Raksha Bharat) ( email )

National Support Office,
Plot no 91, Sector 44,
Gurgaon, Haryana 122003
India

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