Improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs: The impact of A Germ’s Journey educational resources in schools and public spaces

Sarah Younie; Chloe Mitchell; Marie-Josee Bisson; Sapphire Crosby; Anuenue Kukona; Katie Laird

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242134

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Improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs: The impact of A Germ’s Journey educational resources in schools and public spaces

Sarah Younie,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Chloe Mitchell ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: chloe.mitchell@dmu.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Psychological Science, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7590-0068

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Marie-Josee Bisson,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Psychological Science, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9539-6508

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Sapphire Crosby,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-2356

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Anuenue Kukona,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Psychological Science, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-3057

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Katie Laird

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Group, Leicester Institute for Pharmaceutical Innovation, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7187-0415

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Improving young children’s handwashing behaviour and understanding of germs: The impact of A Germ’s Journey educational resources in schools and public spaces

Sarah Younie,
Chloe Mitchell,
Marie-Josee Bisson,
Sapphire Crosby,
Anuenue Kukona,
Katie Laird

Published: November 23, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242134

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