Handwashing with soap at critical times and home based water treatment

Clustered randomized control trial intervention on U5 children diarrhea hotspot areas in southwestern Ethiopia

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202008856063947

Enrollment

720

Registered

2020-08-11

Start date

2020-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Digestive System Under five children diarrhea

Interventions

Providing handwashing soap

Home based water treatment

Providing handwashing soap and home based water treatment

No any intervention

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. At least one child aged 0–59 months living in the home 2. Not being a model household,(households that successfully implement all 16 packages of the Health Extension Program (HEP) are officially certified as a Model Health Extension Household. 3. Mothers/caregivers of under-five children living in the study area for at least four months and have no plan of migrating during the study period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 4. The children will be exclude, when they are seriously sick by other disease at the time of study and will be referred to near health facility 5. The communities using only untreated drinking-water sources 6. Unavailability of drinking water-quality management and diarrhea interventions programs in the community

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Episodes of under five children diarrhea	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
water quality	—

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactHigmengsit Astatek

staff member

higemengist2010@gmail.com+25191190496

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026