Evaluation of the Impact of a Personal and Domestic Hygiene Intervention on Lead Exposure in a Community Close to a Mine Dump

University of Johannesburg

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lead Poison Children; Lead Poisoning

Treatments: Behavioral: Domestic Hygiene and household hygiene Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05265572

Mining Intervention Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates the impact of a personal and domestic hygiene intervention on exposure to lead in a community close to a mine dump. A before and after intervention study will be conducted in a selected area to determine lead exposure levels and the reduction or not after application of the intervention.

Full description

A before and after intervention study will be conducted with a control and intervention group, where data will be collected at the household (through questionnaire based interviews, floor and/or windowsill samples and soil samples collection) and individual level (through hand dust wipe sample collection). In phase one, both the control and intervention group will be interviewed, household floor and/or windowsill dust wipes will be taken, yard soil sample collected and hand dust wipe samples will be taken from children in participating households. After baseline data collection, participants will be allocated into either intervention or control group. The intervention group will participate in the domestic hygiene demonstration and educational discussion.

Enrollment: 576 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 5 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between the ages of one and five years

Exclusion criteria

• Children above 5 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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576 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The group that will receive the intervention to apply

Treatment:

Behavioral: Domestic Hygiene and household hygiene Intervention

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The group that will not receive the intervention