Improving HABIT study: households, attitudes, and behaviours to increase toilet use
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Behavioral intervention on toilet use to improve sanitationCommunity sanitationNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN16075010
- Lead Sponsor
- International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 5166
Inclusion Criteria
1. Households that have functional twin-pit toilets where the following are true:
1.1. Pan is not cracked/ broken
1.2. Pan is not blocked
1.3. Latrine has a completed pit (can be defined as a covered pit)
1.4. Link between the pan and pit is not broken
2. Households in villages in Jamui, Khagaria, Madhepura, Nalanda, Nawada, and Saharsa district where WVI has a presence
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Toilet use at each household (households in which all members regularly use the toilet) measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months<br>2. Toilet use by each individual (members of the household using the toilet regularly, disaggregated by gender) measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Receipt of the information on the correct rates of pit filling rates measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months<br>2. Correct knowledge of pit filling rates measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months<br>3. Perceived ease of pit emptying reducing aversion to risk measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months<br>4. Use of money in the lockbox for maintenance and repair of toilets measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months<br>5. Use of calendar to mark toilet use measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months