Handwashing campaign

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project looked at the barriers to hand washing with soap, the benefits of hand washing and the links between poor environmental health conditions and infectious diseases in children in remote Indigenous communities.

Contacts

NT Department of Health and Families
Ph: (08) 8922 7181
Email: Natasha.Clements@nt.gov.au

Related publications

Schobben X, Clements N (2009)

‘No germs on me’ hand washing campaign.

Paper presented at the 7th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference Kalgoorlie, WA. 12-15 May 2009, Kalgoorlie, WA

• Links
• View conference presentation: ‘No germs on me’ hand washing campaign (PDF - 620.0 KB)
  pages 59-62
• View information: 7th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference Kalgoorlie, WA
• View website: Department of Health and Ageing

Clements N (2008)

No germs on me - hand washing campaign.

Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 15(3): 22

• Links
• View article: No germs on me - hand washing campaign (PDF - 1.9 MB)
  See page 22
• View website: Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin

No germs on me (2008)

Northern Territory Department of Health and Families

The Northern Territory's Department of Health and Families 'No germs on me' campaign raises awareness of the importance of handwashing in schools, at home and in the community to prevent the spread of diarrhoeal and respiratory illnesses.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Didya wash ya hands? No germs on me - 5 steps [poster]
• View resource: Didya wash ya hands? No germs on me - food [posters]
• View resource: Didya wash ya hands? No germs on me - hero [poster]
• View resource: Didya wash ya hands? No germs on me - nappy [poster]
• View resource: Didya wash ya hands? No germs on me - toilet [poster]
• View information: No germs on me campaign
• View website: Department of Health and Families

Links

• View information: Handwashing campaign
• View information: No germs on me campaign
• View website: Department of Health and Families
• View website: The Lowitja Institute (Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health)