Changing hygiene behaviours: a cluster-randomized trial, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether a water, sanitation and hygiene intervention could change hygiene behaviours thought to be important for trachoma control.

Methods

We conducted a cluster-randomized trial in rural Ethiopia from 9 November 2015 to 5 March 2019. We randomized 20 clusters to an intervention consisting of water and sanitation infrastructure and hygiene promotion and 20 clusters to no intervention. All intervention clusters received a primary-school hygiene curriculum, community water point, household wash station, household soap and home visits from hygiene promotion workers. We assessed intervention fidelity through annual household surveys.

Findings

Over the 3 years, more wash stations, soap and latrines were seen at households in the intervention clusters

SUBMITTER: Aragie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542271 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature