Field experiment of signs promoting hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karigan P Capps John A Updegraff Jeremy L Foust Abigail G O'Brien Jennifer M Taber

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2022)

Dispensers with signs had higher use than those without signs, but this difference was not statistically significant. We conclude that compared to prior research, "nudges" such as evidence-based messaging may have had less of an effect on health behavior engagement due to methodological differences across studies or characteristics of the COVID-19 context. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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