Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Three Countries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Absenteeism; Infectious Disease; Respiratory Illness

Treatments: Behavioral: Procter & Gamble school-based handwashing promotion program; Behavioral: expanded school-based handwashing promotion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01043809

CDC-NCEZID-5281

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 15,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15,000 participants in 3 patient groups

1

No Intervention group

Description:

Randomly selected schools will not receive handwashing intervention

2

Experimental group

Description:

Randomly selected schools will get standard commercial school-based handwashing promotion

Treatment:

Behavioral: Procter & Gamble school-based handwashing promotion program

3

Experimental group

Description:

Randomly selected schools will receive standard commercial school-based handwashing promotion program, plus an added level of handwashing promotion (varies by country)

Treatment:

Behavioral: expanded school-based handwashing promotion