A Controlled Trial to Assess the Effect of a Health Promotion Intervention on Hygiene Behavior and Illness Absenteeism in Jerusalem Preschools
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,029
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Illness absenteeism
研究概览
简要总结
The primary objective of this preschool intervention trial was to determine whether a hygiene program can promote handwashing and thereby reduce illness absenteeism.
详细描述
Please see citations of published reports.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 4 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Preschool teachers of 3- and 4-year-old children in the state-run public system of the Jerusalem region, who were recommended by their supervisors as being likely to comply with the protocol.
排除标准
- •Exposure to project during testing phase (N=1 preschool), preschool which included new Ethiopian immigrants who were unlikely to have phones or speak Hebrew (N=1 preschool)
- •Project staff knew teachers personally and thought they would not comply with protocol (N=2 teachers).
研究组 & 干预措施
1A
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home intervention component.
干预措施: Preschool handwashing intervention program (Behavioral)
1A
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home intervention component.
干预措施: Home component intervention (Behavioral)
2
This group did not receive any special treatment during the study, but did receive the intervention at the close of the study
干预措施: Preschool handwashing intervention program (Behavioral)
1B
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home control component.
干预措施: Preschool handwashing intervention program (Behavioral)
1B
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home control component.
干预措施: Home component intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Illness absenteeism
时间窗: Each school day during study period
次要结局
- Handwashing behavior(Observational visits in classrooms (3-4))