N/A
N=1,226
Using Behaviour Change Messaging to Improve Communal Toilets in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Diarrhea
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02324075 ↗Enrolled (actual)
1,226
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Pans With Presence of Visible Feces Inside the Pan — 282; 203; 83; 124 pans
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Behavior change (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult · 2+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
- Primary completion
- Sep 2015
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Pans With Presence of Visible Feces Inside the Pan |
282; 203; 83; 124 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Pans With Presence of Visible Feces Outside the Pan |
68; 64; 21; 31 | — |
| SECONDARY Visible Feces on the Path Leading up to the Latrine |
57; 72; 55; 56 | — |
| SECONDARY Visible Feces Near the Latrine But Not on the Path |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Functional Cubicle Toilets |
906; 916; 877; 877 | — |
| SECONDARY Visible Feces Inside the Hole of the Pan |
433; 399; 297; 351 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Spit/Cough on Walls/Doors |
199; 257; 153; 187 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Cigarette Butts |
95; 112; 50; 73 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Waterlogging |
90; 77; 35; 41 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Presence of Household Waste/Waste Wrapped in Polythene |
91; 43; 36; 26 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Presence of Rags/Sanitary Pads |
43; 47; 12; 23 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Smell of Feces |
521; 504; 319; 382 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Smell of Urine |
463; 516; 264; 333 | — |
| SECONDARY Latrine Cleanliness - Smell of Cigarettes |
83; 111; 54; 65 | — |
Summary
Background (brief):
1. Burden: In low income neighborhoods in Dhaka many households share toilets which are often unsanitary and their discharge contaminates the community.
2. Knowledge gap: Behavior change messages have the potential to make people concerned about maintaining shared toilets quality, cleanliness and safety of the facility. There are many contributors to poor sanitation in low income neighborhoods in Dhaka but it's not clear that the situation can be improved with behavior change or even which specific messages to target.
3. Relevance: Water Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) is a nongovernmental organization working to improve shared sanitation facilities in Dhaka. They are interested in developing and evaluating a behavior change program to improve shared sanitation in Dhaka and to generate lessons that would be relevant for other low income urban settings globally.
Hypothesis: A behavior change communication intervention can improve the quality and cleanliness of sanitation services available to low-income residents of Dhaka.
Objectives:
1. To deliver behavior change messages (which target key behaviors influencing the quality and cleanliness of shared sanitation facilities) to randomly selected low-income communities in Dhaka.
2. To evaluate the effectiveness of a behavior change communication intervention designed to change targeted behaviors related to the quality and cleanliness of shared sanitation facilities.
Methods:
Local non-governmental organizations will deliver the intervention (behavior change communication package) in randomly selected communities. For this study the investigators will assess the impact of this intervention on the targeted behaviors using follow-up surveys and spot checks.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Residents of low income communities in Dhaka who share toilet facilities with non-family members
Exclusion Criteria
- Special groups whose ability to give voluntary informed consent might be compromised
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02324075). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.