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Improving HABIT study: households, attitudes, and behaviours to increase toilet use

Evaluating a Behavioural Intervention to improve toilet use amongst toilet owning households in rural Bihar

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN16075010
Enrollment
5166
Registered
2023-11-02
Start date
2018-02-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-11-13

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Conditions

Behavioral intervention on toilet use to improve sanitation Not Applicable Community sanitation

Interventions

The study intervention involved the following activities: 1. As part of the card game during household and community meetings, family members are asked to guess the correct time taken for the twin-pit

Sponsors

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Households that have functional twin-pit toilets where the following are true: 1.1. Pan is not cracked/ broken 1.2. Pan is not blocked 1.3. Latrine has a completed pit (can be defined as a covered pit) 1.4. Link between the pan and pit is not broken 2. Households in villages in Jamui, Khagaria, Madhepura, Nalanda, Nawada, and Saharsa district where WVI has a presence

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Toilet use at each household (households in which all members regularly use the toilet) measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months 2. Toilet use by each individual (members of the household using the toilet regularly, disaggregated by gender) measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Receipt of the information on the correct rates of pit filling rates measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months 2. Correct knowledge of pit filling rates measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months 3. Perceived ease of pit emptying reducing aversion to risk measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months 4. Use of money in the lockbox for maintenance and repair of toilets measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months 5. Use of calendar to mark toilet use measured using surveys at baseline and 5 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactVinaya Padmanabhan
vinaya.padmanabhan@opml.co.uk+919003080798

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026