Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0663154

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0663154

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Testing a disease avoidance account of disgust. Inadequate hand-washing is responsible for some of the yearly 2 million deaths from diarrhoea (WHO), for an estimated 40% of the 80 million cases of foodborne illness in the US (CDC) and for approximately 20% of the 20,000 US deaths from hospital acquired infections (CDC). Although the value of hand-washing as a disease avoidance strategy is well understood by many, even healthcare professionals do not follow hand-washing guidelines. This project examines why the emotion of disgust engenders such potent avoidance of certain disease vectors (e.g. faeces). The project should lead to an understanding of how we can get inadequate hand-washing to also evoke disgust and thus to new and powerful strategies to improve hand-washing compliance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $248,206.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Developmental Psychology And Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Public health not elsewhere classified | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Developmental Psychology And Ageing | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Psychology | Public health not elsewhere classified

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