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Creating sustainable cities through decentralised waste management: training of households

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Solid waste management in urban areas and diversion of untreated waste from landfills
Not Applicable
Registration Number
ISRCTN25429617
Lead Sponsor
ondon School of Economics and Political Science
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20000
Inclusion Criteria

1. All households in the Treatment Area
2. All waste worker households will be targeted for detailed surveying of waste work.

Exclusion Criteria

Individuals below 18 years are excluded from all but the 6 environmental education questions in the detailed surveys.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> Waste generation and recycling of households at the time of enumeration measured through:<br> 1. Self-reported survey questions based on WHO’s WASH questionnaire, with a recall period of 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, usually”, or last time the waste was disposed<br> 2. Weekly observations by enumerators on the weight of waste disposed and whether the waste is disposed in segregated form on the day of enumeration.<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> Health, civic and socioeconomic outcomes of waste workers and the community, at the time of<br> survey enumeration using self-reported survey questions with a weekly/fortnightly recall period (health), weekly recall period (socioeconomic) and annual/usual recall period (civic) based on India’s Demographic and Health Surveys, Periodic Labour Force Surveys, LSE Alternative Work Arrangements Survey, American Teens' Knowledge of Climate Change and UNESCAP Waste Management Assessment<br>
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