Diarrhea, Hand-washing Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
The Hope Soap Study is a randomised-control pilot study of a hand-washing intervention in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.
Interventions
COMBINATION_PRODUCTHope Soap
HOPE SOAP© is a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.
COMBINATION_PRODUCTControl group soap
A colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it
Sponsors
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
University of Cape Town
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 9 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Enrolled in the Family-in-Focus program * Caregiver provided informed consent * the age-eligible children were not involved in any other sort of ECD program (e.g. crèche or other day-care)
Exclusion criteria
* Enrollment in an ECD program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Direct observation of hand washing prior to eating a snack | 8 weeks | Hands washed unprompted prior to eating a snack |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Questionnaire data on hand washing after using the toilet (scale of 1-10) | 8 weeks | A score of 1-10 of hand washing after using the toilet |
| Questionnaire data on hand washing prior to meals (scale of 1-10) | 8 weeks | A score of 1-10 of hand washing prior to eating meals |
| Questionnaire data on general soap usage when washing hands (scale of 1-10) | 8 weeks | A score of 1-10 of soap usage when hands are washed |
| Questionnaire data on experience of illness (13 items) | 2 weeks | A score of 1-13 based on self-reported symptoms of illness |
Outcome results
None listed