Table 2 Questions to assess behavioral determinants
Behavioral determinants | Items |
|---|---|
Risk factors | |
 Perceived vulnerability | Are you afraid of getting diarrhea? |
 Perceived severity | Is it bad for you if you get diarrhea? |
 Health knowledge | What are the effects of diarrhea on your body? |
Can you tell me why people get diarrhea? | |
How can you protect yourself against diarrhea? | |
Why is it important to wash your hands? | |
Attitude factors | |
 Instrumental beliefs: time | Does washing hands with soap and water take a lot of time? |
 Affective beliefs: liking | Do you like to wash your hands with soap and water? |
 Affective beliefs: disgust | Do you feel dirty if you don’t wash your hands after you use the toilet? |
Norm factors | |
 Descriptive norm | Do other children at school wash hands with soap and water after they use the toilet? |
 Injunctive norm | Do your teachers think you have to wash your hands with soap and water after you use the toilet? |
Ability factors | |
 Action self-efficacy | Are you sure, that you can always wash your hands with soap and water after you use the toilet at school? |
Self-regulation factors | |
 Action control | Do you pay attention to always washing your hands with soap and water after you use toilet? |
 Remembering | Do you always remember to wash your hands with soap and water after you use toilet? |
 Commitment | Is it important to you to wash your hands with soap and water before you use the toilet? |