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Assessing the Impacts of a Comprehensive School-Based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention on Children’s Health Literacy, Handwashing, and Nutrition Status and Schools’ Restroom Environments in Metro Manila, Philippines

Assessing the Impacts of a Comprehensive School-Based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention on Children’s Health Literacy, Handwashing, and Nutrition Status and Schools’ Restroom Environments in Metro Manila, Philippines

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00021623
Enrollment
750
Registered
2020-05-08
Start date
2017-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

E45 E66

Interventions

Group 1: Control Group received no intervention. Rather it received the "standard of care", which we defined as policy recommendations, hygiene workshop for teachers, and two (2) health education sess

Sponsors

Center for Development Research, University of Bonn
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
9 Years to 19 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Enrolled in public school; able to read, comprehend, and answer questionnaire using app installed on electronic tablet or smartphone; able to be measured and weighed; able to provide urine specimen.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not enrolled in public school; not able to read, comprehend, or answer questionnaire using app installed on electronic tablet or smartphone; not able to be measured and weighed; not able to provide urine specimen.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Health literacy measured via questionnaire. Height-for-age Z-score and BMI-for-age Z-score measured via anthropometry (length measured via tape measure and weight measured via weighing scale).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Hand-washing measured via observation. Malnutrition status measured according to World Health Organization guidelines. Dehydration measured by urine specific gravity using urine test strips. Water, sanitation, and hygiene adequacy measured via inspection.

Countries

Philippines

Contacts

Public ContactStephanie Sangalang

Center for Development Research, University of Bonn

ssangala@uni-bonn.de492288868957

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 16, 2026