Safe Drinking Water For Households With Infants Born to HIV-Positive Mothers in Zambia: Piloting a Household Water Treatment Intervention
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Use of LifeStraw Family for children under 2 and all household members
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess whether children under 2 years and other members of households in which HIV-positive mothers are providing replacement and complementary feeding would potentially benefit from the use of a filter designed to eliminate microbial pathogens from drinking water at the household level.
Detailed Description
Contaminated drinking water is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in low-income settings. Safe drinking water is of particular concern for HIV-positive mothers since many HIV-infected Zambian women choose replacement feeding and early cessation of breastfeeding of infants to minimize the risk of transmission of the virus. This study builds upon preliminary baseline research which determined that HIV-positive mothers would potentially benefit from an intervention that encourages HIV-positive mothers to treat their water at the household level.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Known HIV-status based on clinical testing
- •Have a child between 6-12 months at the initiation of the study
- •Within the catchment area of Kasisi or Ngwerere health clinics, Chongwe district, Lusaka
Exclusion Criteria
- •Lived in the catchment area less than one year or planning to move
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Use of LifeStraw Family for children under 2 and all household members
Time Frame: One year
Use, acceptability, and longevity of LifeStraw Family will be assessed for replacement and complementary feeds for children under 2 and for drinking water for all members of the household
Secondary Outcomes
- Microbiological performance of LifeStraw Family(One year)
- Impact of LifeStraw Family on longitudinal prevalence of diarrhea(One year)