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Practice forum| Volume 42, ISSUE 5, P530-532, May 2014

“Take time. Save lives. Clean hands protect.” A comparison of two hand hygiene health promotion posters

      Two posters were designed to encourage hospital staff hand hygiene. One focused on broad benefits of hand hygiene to patients and staff, and the other highlighted hand hygiene as a long-known measure to infection control. The former was better received in terms of attention, likability, and potential to promote hand hygiene. A third-person effect, the perception of stronger impact of communication messages on others, was observed. Implications on health promotion message design were discussed.

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