Evaluation of a behavioral intervention to improve child feces management practices in Odisha, India

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Not Applicable; Child feces management behaviors of primary caregivers of children less than 5 years old

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15831099
• Lead Sponsor: Emory University

Brief Summary

2022 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35033048/ Study design and rationale (added 17/01/2022) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39192252/ (added 29/08/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-02-18
• Study Completion: 2021-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 9 September 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 850

Inclusion Criteria

Current participant inclusion criteria as of 30/04/2021:
Participant-level inclusion criteria:
1. Woman or man of at least 18 years of age
2. Primary caregiver of at least one child less than 5 years old (for baseline survey this is children less than 5 at the time of survey data collection while for the endline survey this is children who were less than 5 at the time of intervention delivery). If primary caregiver is not available then a secondary caregiver of the child is also eligible for inclusion
3. Household has a latrine
N.B. The study will also engage a sub-set of children ages 0 to 5 years old from eligible households in a hand rinse sample. Participants less than 18 years old will not be engaged in any other research activities, however.

Village-level inclusion criteria:
1. Completed Gram Vikas MANTRA program (a community-based water and sanitation infrastructure program)
2. At least 75% of households in the village have access to a latrine
3. Community water supply system (i.e. water tank) is functional
4. Village size is between 35 to 250 households
5. Village has an Anganwadi Center (government-run daycare and preschool center)
6. Gram Vikas has no significant programming planned for the village during the study period
7. Village was not part of formative research phase of the study

Previous participant inclusion criteria:
Participant-level inclusion criteria:
1. Woman or man of at least 18 years of age
2. Primary caregiver of at least one child less than 5 years old (child age based on age at time of baseline recruitment). If primary caregiver is not available then a secondary caregiver of the child is also eligible for inclusion
2. Household has a latrine
N.B. The study will also engage a sub-set of children ages 0 to 5 years old from eligible households in a hand rinse sample. Participants less than 18 years old will not be engaged in any other research activities, however.

Village-level inclusion criteria:
1. Completed Gram Vikas MANTRA program (a community-based water and sanitation infrastructure program)
2. At least 75% of households in the village have access to a latrine
3. Community water supply system (i.e. water tank) is functional
4. Village size is between 35 to 250 households with at least 5 eligible households (i.e. have a latrine and at least one child less than 5 years old)
5. Village has an Anganwadi Center
6. Village was not engaged during formative research activities
7. Predominant language of village is Oriya
8. Gram Vikas has no significant programming planned for the village in 2020

Exclusion Criteria

Participant exclusion criteria:
1. Less than 18 years old (except for the hand rinse sample which will engage children ages 0 to 5 years old)
2. Not a primary or secondary caregiver of a child less than 5 years old
3. Household does not have a latrine

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified