Research on the Impact of Targeted Subsidies Within Open Defecation Free (ODF) Communities
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 5,615
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Percentage of households owning an individual, functional latrine with full superstructure
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluates targeted subsidies as a strategy to improve sanitation infrastructure and behaviours in communities that have reached Open Defecation Free (ODF) status after a Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) program. The investigator's hypothesis is that sanitation subsidies targeted at the most vulnerable households within ODF communities will increase and help sustain latrine coverage, quality, and use amongst the targeted households, and through a spill-over effect, amongst the rest of the community. Half of participating communities will receive the targeted subsidy, while the other half will not receive any treatment.
详细描述
Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a widely used approach to eradicate open defecation in rural communities in developing countries. Using emotional triggers, CLTS promotes community self-help to build household latrines. In Ghana, where CLTS is part of the government's official sanitation strategy, a community is declared "Open Defecation Free" (ODF) when 80 percent of households own a latrine.
There is however evidence that open defecation persists in so-called "ODF" communities, especially as the most vulnerable households (the poorest of the poor) cannot afford to construct or maintain durable latrines. As a result, subsidies for these vulnerable households have been proposed as a strategy to promote the construction of durable latrines and help sustain safe sanitation behaviours in communities having received CLTS.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Percentage of households owning an individual, functional latrine with full superstructure
时间窗: Approximately 18 months
Household ownership (yes/no) of a latrine that is i) not shared with other households ("individual"), ii) whose pit is not collapsed and not full ("functional"), and iii) with four walls (or circular walls) and a roof of any materials ("full superstructure").
次要结局
- Percentage of households owning an individual, functional latrine with full superstructure and durable superstructure(Approximately 18 months)
- Percentage of households reporting practicing open defecation(Approximately 18 months)
- Percentage of households reporting satisfaction with latrine(Approximately 18 months)