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Jerusalem Handwashing Study (JHS)

H

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 3

Conditions

Illness Absenteeism
Handwashing Behavior

Treatments

Behavioral: Home component intervention
Behavioral: Preschool handwashing intervention program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00610376
JHS1
NIHP Doctoral Stipend [m-2-02]

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this preschool intervention trial was to determine whether a hygiene program can promote handwashing and thereby reduce illness absenteeism.

Full description

Please see citations of published reports.

Enrollment

1,029 patients

Sex

All

Ages

3 to 4 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Preschool teachers of 3- and 4-year-old children in the state-run public system of the Jerusalem region, who were recommended by their supervisors as being likely to comply with the protocol.

Exclusion criteria

  • Exposure to project during testing phase (N=1 preschool), preschool which included new Ethiopian immigrants who were unlikely to have phones or speak Hebrew (N=1 preschool)
  • Project staff knew teachers personally and thought they would not comply with protocol (N=2 teachers).

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

1,029 participants in 3 patient groups

1A
Experimental group
Description:
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home intervention component.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Preschool handwashing intervention program
Behavioral: Home component intervention
2
Active Comparator group
Description:
This group did not receive any special treatment during the study, but did receive the intervention at the close of the study
Treatment:
Behavioral: Preschool handwashing intervention program
1B
Experimental group
Description:
Preschools randomized to this group received a multicomponent intervention to improve handwashing behavior of the children. Children within the preschool intervention group were individually randomized to a home intervention or a home control intervention program. The children in this arm received the home control component.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Preschool handwashing intervention program
Behavioral: Home component intervention

Trial contacts and locations

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