Evaluating the health benefits of community-led total sanitation in Kenya

Effects of community-led total sanitation on the diarrhoeal incidence and prevalence in children under five in rural areas of Kenya

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN83547899

Enrollment

900

Registered

2020-02-27

Start date

2020-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-08-10

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Conditions

Diarrhoea Infections and Infestations Diarrhoea

Interventions

The cluster-randomized trial takes the community as the randomization unit since it is expected to be a cluster in which improved sanitation will bring impact on diarrhea transmission across household

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Households with a child(ren) aged under 5 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Households who reject the registration 2. Households who do not provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Child diarrheal incidence and longitudinal prevalence measured by diary methods on the daily diarrheal incidence of the youngest under-five child in intervention and control villages at baseline and at every single day of 6 months of follow-up	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Latrine coverage measured by direct observation on latrine presence at the household level in intervention and control villages at baseline and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 months of follow-up	—

Countries

Kenya

Outcome results

None listed

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