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NCT Number: NCT01043809

Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Three Countries

The purpose of this study is to assess whether simple, school-based handwashing promotion impacts health and hygiene knowledge among students and their families.

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Key information

Conditions

Infectious Disease Absenteeism Communicable Diseases Disease Attributes Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Respiratory Illness

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Zhejiang Province CDC, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 19 students per first grade class
  • Piped water tap available to every 30 first grade students for handwashing

Exclusion criteria

  • Compulsory handwashing or distribution of hand wipes before school lunch
  • Commercial handwashing promotion at school during previous 5 years

Treatment and study plan

Procter & Gamble school-based handwashing promotion program

Behavioral

Handwashing promotion lesson and materials targeting first grade students

expanded school-based handwashing promotion

Behavioral

Procter & Gamble's standard school-based handwashing promotion education and materials targeting first grade students, plus a program enhancement. In China, enhancement consists of a supply of soap for school sinks. In Pakistan, enhancement consists of soap for school sinks, plus enlistment of a peer hygiene champion in each first grade class. In the Philippines, enhancement consists of enlistment of a peer hygiene champion in each first grade class.

Primary outcomes

  1. student school absences / 100 student-weeks of observation

    Time frame: one semester

Secondary outcomes

  1. Student absences due to respiratory illness / 100 student-weeks of observation

    Time frame: one semester

  2. student absences due to infectious syndromes / 100 student-weeks of observation

    Time frame: one semester

  3. longitudinal prevalence of infectious syndromes among students' family members

    Time frame: one semester

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Collaborators

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China
  • Field Epidemiology Training Program Alumni Foundation, Inc.
  • Procter and Gamble
  • Project HOPE
  • Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of a School-based Handwashing Promotion Program in Three Countries

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Jan 7, 2010
Registry last updated
Feb 6, 2013

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