Publications by authors named "Patrice Konan Blon"

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  • The study aimed to create and validate four scales related to handwashing norms after toilet use in communal housing in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, focusing on descriptive norms, injunctive norms, public behavior, and outcome expectations.
  • Using a sample of 201 adult residents, researchers conducted psychometric evaluations, finding three of the scales (HWDN, HWIN, HWP) to be reliable, but the scale for outcome expectations (HWOE) performed poorly.
  • Challenges included social desirability influencing handwashing behaviors and the narrow focus on social norms, emphasizing the need for improved measurement tools in future studies.
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