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Gross! Most men don’t wash after the toilet
British study finds people more likely to soap up if they’re being
watched
Video
‘Fess up ? do you wash with soap?
Oct. 15: Researchers in England find only a third of men washed their
hands with soap and water after using the toilet in public bathrooms.
NBC’s Erika Edwards reports.
NBC News Channel
Is your skin getting the care it needs? Amy Robach gets the answers in a
special Web-only series.
Hand-washing is the cheapest way of controlling disease but less than
one-third of men and two-thirds of women wash their hands with soap
after going to the toilet, a British study by the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showed.
But when prompted by an electronic message flashing up on a board
asking: “Is the person next to you washing with soap?,” around 12
percent more men and 11 percent more women used soap.
Story continues below:
Health authorities around the world are stepping up efforts to persuade
people to be more hygienic and wash their hands properly to help slow
the spread of H1N1 swine flu, which was declared a pandemic by the World
Health Organization in June.
“Hand-washing with soap has been ranked the most cost-effective
intervention for the worldwide control of disease,” the study’s authors
wrote.
“It could save more than a million lives a year from diarrheal diseases,
and prevent respiratory infections ? the biggest causes of child
mortality in developing countries.”
In developed nations, Hand-washing can help prevent the spread of viral
infections like flu and sickness and diarrhea bugs like norovirus and
rotavirus, as well as hospital-acquired infections like MRSA and
C-difficile, the authors said.
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The researchers studied the behavior of a quarter of a million people
using toilets at motorway service stations in Britain over 32 days. Use
of soap was monitored by sensors.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health to mark
Global Hand-washing Day, showed that with no reminders, 32 percent of
men and 64 percent of women used soap.
The researchers then flashed a series of electronic messages, ranging
from “Water doesn’t kill germs, soap does” to “Don’t be a dirty soap
dodger,” onto screens at the entrance of the toilets and measured how
behavior changed.
The message that produced the strongest positive response was: “Is the
person next to you washing with soap?” ? showing that people respond
more when they think others were watching.
The researchers also noted “intriguing differences” in the behavior of
men and women: While women responded to simple reminders, men tended to
react best to messages that invoked disgust, such as “Don’t take the loo
with you ? wash with soap,” or “Soap it off or eat it later.”
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Gross! Most men don’t wash after the toilet
British study finds people more likely to soap up if they’re being
watched
Video
‘Fess up ? do you wash with soap?
Oct. 15: Researchers in England find only a third of men washed their
hands with soap and water after using the toilet in public bathrooms.
NBC’s Erika Edwards reports.
NBC News Channel
Is your skin getting the care it needs? Amy Robach gets the answers in a
special Web-only series.
Hand-washing is the cheapest way of controlling disease but less than
one-third of men and two-thirds of women wash their hands with soap
after going to the toilet, a British study by the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showed.
But when prompted by an electronic message flashing up on a board
asking: “Is the person next to you washing with soap?,” around 12
percent more men and 11 percent more women used soap.
Story continues below:
Health authorities around the world are stepping up efforts to persuade
people to be more hygienic and wash their hands properly to help slow
the spread of H1N1 swine flu, which was declared a pandemic by the World
Health Organization in June.
“Hand-washing with soap has been ranked the most cost-effective
intervention for the worldwide control of disease,” the study’s authors
wrote.
“It could save more than a million lives a year from diarrheal diseases,
and prevent respiratory infections ? the biggest causes of child
mortality in developing countries.”
In developed nations, Hand-washing can help prevent the spread of viral
infections like flu and sickness and diarrhea bugs like norovirus and
rotavirus, as well as hospital-acquired infections like MRSA and
C-difficile, the authors said.
?Soap it off or eat it later? INTERACTIVE
15 ultimate age erasers for men
Looks. Energy. Health. Time erodes them all, unless you follow these
simple instructions to slow the clock.
The researchers studied the behavior of a quarter of a million people
using toilets at motorway service stations in Britain over 32 days. Use
of soap was monitored by sensors.
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health to mark
Global Hand-washing Day, showed that with no reminders, 32 percent of
men and 64 percent of women used soap.
The researchers then flashed a series of electronic messages, ranging
from “Water doesn’t kill germs, soap does” to “Don’t be a dirty soap
dodger,” onto screens at the entrance of the toilets and measured how
behavior changed.
The message that produced the strongest positive response was: “Is the
person next to you washing with soap?” ? showing that people respond
more when they think others were watching.
The researchers also noted “intriguing differences” in the behavior of
men and women: While women responded to simple reminders, men tended to
react best to messages that invoked disgust, such as “Don’t take the loo
with you ? wash with soap,” or “Soap it off or eat it later.”
Copyright 2009 Reuters. Click for restrictions.
__________________
CELLUCOR SPONSORED ATHLETE
MEMBER OF TEAM CELLUCOR
http://www.cellucor.com/
