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Below is a list of publications by Hygiene Centre members under headings corresponding to the general themes of our work:

Overviews
Hygiene and Hand washing
Sanitation and Water Supply
Household Water Purification
Behaviour Change
Disgust
Methodology
Policy & Implementation
Wastewater Use
Miscellaneous

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Overviews


Water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion. Disease Control Priorities Project, Working Paper no. 28.

CAIRNCROSS S, Valdmanis V. 2004. Washington DC: National Institutes of Health.

Water supply and sanitation: some misconceptions
CAIRNCROSS S. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2003 Mar; 8(3):193-5.

Water, sanitation and hygiene at Kyoto - hand washing and sanitation need to be marketed as if they were consumer products.
CURTIS V and CAIRNCROSS S, British Medical Journal Volume 327, 5 July 2003.
Publication

Talking Dirty: How to save a million lives.
CURTIS V, International Journal of Environmental Health Research . 2003 Jun;13 Suppl 1:S73-9.
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Hygiene and Hand washing


Effect of washing hands with soap on diarrhoea risk in the community: A systematic review.

CURTIS V and CAIRNCROSS S. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, May 2003, pp 275-281.

Protecting Children from Diarrhoea and Acute Respiratory Infections: The role of Hand Washing Promotion in Water and Sanitation Programmes. (Currently Unavailable)
SCOTT B, CURTIS V, and RABIE T Regional Health Forum, WHO South-East Asia Region, Vol. 7, Number 1, 2003

Hygiene in the home: relating bugs and behaviour.
CURTIS V, BIRAN A, Deverell K, Hughes C, Bellamy K, and Draser B Social Science and Medicine, 2003: 57, pp. 657-672.

Childhood diarrhea and observed hygiene behavior in Salvador, Brazil.
Strina A, CAIRNCROSS S, Barreto ML, Larrea C, Prado MS. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003 Jun 1; 157(11):1032-8.

Hand washing with soap - a new way to prevent ARIs?
CAIRNCROSS S. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2003 Aug;
8(8):677-9.

Is hygiene promotion cost-effective? A case study in Burkina Faso.
Borghi J, Guinness L, Ouedraogo J, CURTIS V. Tropical Medicine and International Health. Nov; 7 (11):960-9, 2002.

Domestic hygiene and diarrhoea - pinpointing the problem.
CURTIS V, CAIRNCROSS S, and Yonli R Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2001, Vol. 5 (1), 22-32.

Hygiene: How myths, monsters and mothers-in-law can promote behaviour change.
CURTIS V. Journal of Infection 2001: 43: 75 - 79

Hygiene and Disease: pinpointing the risk practices.
CURTIS V, CAIRNCROSS S, Yonli R. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2000, 5 (1) 22-32.

Potties, pits and pipes: explaining hygiene behaviour in Burkina Faso.
CURTIS V, Kanki B, Mertens T, Traore E, Diallo I, Tall F, Cousens S. Social Science and Medicine. 1995 Aug; 41(3):383-93.

Child defecation behaviour, stool disposal practices, and childhood diarrhoea in Burkina Faso: results from a case-control study.
Traore E, Cousens S, CURTIS V, Mertens T, Tall F, Traore A, Kanki B, Diallo I, Rochereau A, Chiron JP, et al. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1994 Jun; 48(3):270-5.

Too clean, or not too clean: the Hygiene Hypothesis and home hygiene. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2006
Bloomfield, S,.F, Stanwell-Smith, R., Crevel, R.W.R. and Pickup, J. 36 402-425

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Sanitation and Water Supply


Achieving the 'good life': why some people want latrines in rural Benin.

JENKINS MW, CURTIS V. Social Science and Medicine. 2005 Dec; 61(11):2446-59.

The Case for Marketing Sanitation. Water & Sanitation Programme Field Note.
CAIRNCROSS S. 2004. Nairobi: The World Bank.

Sanitation in the developing world: Current status & future solutions. (Currently Unavailable)
CAIRNCROSS S. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. (2003) 13, S123-S131.

Water Supply and Sanitation. Some misconceptions.
CAIRNCROSS S. Tropical Medicine and International Health, (2003) Vol. 8, no. 13, pp 193-195

Low-cost sanitation technology for the control of intestinal helminths.
CAIRNCROSS S. Parasitology Today. 1987 Mar; 3(3):94-8. top

Irrigation water as a source of drinking: is safe use possible? Tropical Medicine and International Health,
van der Hoek, W., Konradsen, F., Ensink, J.H.J., Mudasser, M. & Jensen, P.K. (2001). 6 (1), 46-54.

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Household Water Purification


Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets as an alternative to sodium hypochlorite for the routine treatment of drinking water at the household level.
CLASEN T, Edmondson P (2006) Int'l J. Hyg. & Environ. Health [epub ahead of press: doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.11.004]

Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea (Cochrane Review).

CLASEN T, Roberts I, Rabie T, Schmidt W-P, Cairncross S (2006) In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2006. Oxford: Update Software (in press)

Microbiological performance of a water treatment unit designed for household use in developing countries.
CLASEN T, Nadakatti S, Menom S (2006) Trop. Med. Int'l Health (in press)

Preventing diarrhoea with household ceramic water filters: assessment of a pilot project in Bolivia.
CLASEN T, Brown J, Collin S (2006) Intl J. Environ Health Research (in press)

The Drinking Water Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami, including the role of household water treatment.
CLASEN T and Smith L. Protection of the Human Environment: Water, Sanitation and Health, Geneva 2005.

Household-based ceramic water filters for the prevention of diarrhea: a randomized, controlled trial of a pilot programme in Colombia
CLASEN T, Parra GG, Boisson S, Collin S. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2005 Oct; 73(4):790-5.

Safe household water treatment and storage using ceramic drip filters: a randomised controlled trial in Bolivia.
CLASEN T, Brown J, Suntura O, Collin S. Water Science and Technology. 2004; 50(1):111-5.

Household water management: refining the dominant paradigm.
CLASEN T, CAIRNCROSS S. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2004 Feb; 9(2):187-91.

Reducing diarrhea through the use of household-based ceramic water filters: a randomized, controlled trial in rural Bolivia.
CLASEN T, Brown J, Collin S, Suntura O, CAIRNCROSS S. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2004 Jun; 70(6):651-7.

Is there an association between bacteriological drinking water quality and childhood diarrhoea in developing countries?
Jensen PK, Jayasinghe G, van der Hoek W, CAIRNCROSS S, Dalsgaard A. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2004 Nov; 9(11):1210-5.

Effect of chlorination of drinking-water on water quality and childhood diarrhoea in a village in Pakistan.
Jensen PK, Ensink JH, Jayasinghe G, van der Hoek W, CAIRNCROSS S, Dalsgaard A. Journal of Health and Population Nutrition. 2003 Mar; 21(1):26-31.

Faecal contamination of drinking water during collection and household storage: the need to extend protection to the point of use.
CLASEN TF, Bastable A. Journal of Water and Health. 2003 Sep; 1(3):109-15.

Domestic transmission routes of pathogens: the problem of in-house contamination of drinking water during storage in developing countries.
Jensen PK, ENSINK JH, Jayasinghe G, van der Hoek W, CAIRNCROSS S, Dalsgaard A. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2002 Jul; 7(7):604-9.

Reviewing the health impacts of improvements in water supply.
Lewin S, Stephens C, CAIRNCROSS S. Urban Health Newsletter. 1997 Mar; (32):34-47.

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Behaviour Change


Formative research for hygiene promotion in Kyrgyzstan.
BIRAN A, Tabyshalieva A, Salmorbekova Z. Health Policy and Planning. 2005 Jul; 20(4):213-21.

Creating demand for sanitation and hygiene through Community Health Clubs: a cost-effective intervention in two districts in Zimbabwe.
WATERKEYN J, CAIRNCROSS S. Social Science and Medicine. 2005 Nov; 61(9):1958-70.

What causes sustainable changes in hygiene behaviour? A cross-sectional study from Kerala, India.
CAIRNCROSS S, Shordt K, Zacharia S, Govindan BK. Social Science and Medicine. 2005 Nov; 61(10):2212-20.

Evidence of behaviour change following a hygiene promotion programme in Burkina Faso.
CURTIS V, Kanki B, Cousens S, Diallo I, Kpozehouen A, Sangare M, Nikiema M. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 2001; 79(6):518-27.

Hygiene promotion in Burkina Faso.
CURTIS V, Kanki B. Africa Health. 1998 Jan; 20(2):9, 11-12.

Behavioural Indicators of Household Decision-Making and Demand for Sanitation and Potential Gains from Sanitation Marketing in Ghana.
JENKINS M, and SCOTT B. 2006.

Serotonin-a link between disgust and immunity?
Rubio-Godoy, M., R. Aunger, and CURTIS V. (2007). Medical Hypotheses 68(1): 61-66.

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Disgust


Evidence that disgust evolved to protect from risk of disease.
CURTIS V, AUNGER R and RABIE T Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology Letters Supplement, 2003, 0144.

Dirt, Disgust, and Disease: Is Hygiene in Our Genes?
CURTIS V and BIRAN A. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 44.1, 2001.

Hygiene: How myths, monsters and mothers-in-law can promote behaviour change.
CURTIS V. Journal of Infection 2001: 43: 75 - 79

Dirt and Disgust: a Darwinian perspective on hygiene.
CURTIS V, Voncken N and Singh S. Medische Antropologie 11 (1) 143-158 1999.

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Methodology


Environmental risks in the developing world: exposure indicators for evaluating interventions, programmes, and policies.
Ezzati M, Utzinger J, CAIRNCROSS S, Cohen AJ, Singer BH. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2005 Jan; 59(1):15-22

Happy, Healthy and Hygienic, How to set up a Hygiene Promotion Programme (books 1-4).
Unicef, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, & Ministere de la Sante du Burkina Faso.

Dirt and Diarrhoea: formative research for the design of hygiene promotion programmes.
CURTIS V, Kanki B, Cousens S, Sanou A and Mertens T. Health Policy and Planning. 1997, 12(2): 122-131.

Reactivity and repeatability of hygiene behaviour: structured observations from Burkina Faso.
Cousens S, Kanki B, Toure S, Diallo I, CURTIS V. Social Science and Medicine. 1996 Nov; 43 (9):1299-308.

Measuring Hygiene behaviours: Experiences of a comprehensive approach in Burkina Faso.
Kanki B, CURTIS V, Mertens T, Cousens S and Traoré E. In Studying Hygiene Behaviour: Issues and Experiences. Cairncross A & Kochar V. London, Sage publications 1994.

Structured observations of hygiene behaviours in Burkina Faso: validity, variability, and utility.
CURTIS V, Cousens S, Mertens T, Traore E, Kanki B, Diallo I. Bulletin of the World Health Organisation. 1993; 71(1):23-32.

Masters of Marketing: Bringing Private Sector Skills to Public Health Partnerships.
CURTIS VA, Garbrah-Aidoo N, Scott B. American Journal of Public Health 2007; 97 (4):634-41.

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Policy and Implementation


International network to promote household water treatment and safe storage.
CLASEN TF, Mintz ED. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2004 Jun; 10(6):1179-80.

Water, sanitation, and hygiene at Kyoto.
CURTIS V, CAIRNCROSS S. British Medical Journal. 2003 Jul 5; 327(7405):3-4.

The public-private partnership for the Central American handwashing initiative: reflections from a private sector perspective.

Financing the development and commercialization of small-scale water treatment systems.
Clasen T In Proceedings of the Third NSF International Symposium on Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems 329-38, 2001.

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Wastewater Use


Wastewater use in agriculture

Editorial: New international guidelines for wastewater use in agriculture. Tropical Medicine and International Health,
Ensink, J. H. J. & van der Hoek, W. (2007).12 (5), 575- 577.


Giardia duodenalis infection and wastewater irrigation in Pakistan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Ensink, J.H.J., van der Hoek, W & Amerasinghe, F. P. (2006). 100, 538-542

High risk of hookworm infection among wastewater farmers in Pakistan. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,

Ensink, J.H.J., van der Hoek, W., Mukhtar, M., Tahir, Z., & Amerasinghe, F.P. (2005). 99, 809-818.


A nation-wide assessment of wastewater use in Pakistan: an obscure activity or a vitally important one? Water policy,

Ensink, J.H.J., Mahmood, T., van der Hoek, W., Raschid-Sally, L. & Amerasinghe, F.P. (2004). 6, 197- 206.

Wastewater-irrigated vegetables: market handling versus irrigation water quality. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 12 suppl. 2, 2-7
Ensink, J. H. J., T. Mahmood & A. Dalsgaard. (2007).

Water management and vector breeding

The importance of waste stabilization ponds and wastewater irrigation in the generation of vector mosquitoes in Pakistan. Journal of Medical Entomology,
Mukhtar, M., Ensink, J.H.J., van der Hoek, W., Amerasinghe, F.P. & Konradsen, F. (2006). 43 (5), 996-1003.

Adult anopheline ecology and malaria transmission in an irrigated area of south Punjab, Pakistan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology,
Herrel, N., Amerasinghe, F.P., Ensink, J., Mukhtar, M., van der Hoek, W., & Konradsen, F. (2004). 18, 141-152.

Role of wastewater irrigation in mosquito breeding in South Punjab, Pakistan. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health,
Mukhtar, M., Herrel, N., Amerasinghe, F.P., Ensink, J., van der Hoek, W., & Konradsen, F. (2002). 34 (1), 72-80.

Breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes in irrigated areas of South Punjab, Pakistan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology,
Herrel, N., Amerasinghe, F.P., Ensink, J., Mukhtar, M., van der Hoek, W., & Konradsen, F. (2001). 15 (3), 236-248.

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Miscellaneous


Revisiting the tsunami: health consequences of flooding.
Morgan O, Ahern M, CAIRNCROSS S. PLoS Med. 2005 Jun; 2(6):e184.

The intensity of transmission of hepatitis A and heterogeneities in socio-environmental risk factors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Amaku M de Almeida, RS Azevedo, S CAIRNCROSS & E Massad; Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg; 2002, 96, 605-610.

The Electric Meme: A new theory of how we think.
AUNGER R Free Press, 2002

Evaluation of the dracunculiasis surveillance system in 4 districts in Ghana.CAIRNCROSS S. Weekly epidemiological record No.32, 2005; 80, 12 Aug;
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