Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Three Countries

Infectious Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01043809
• Other study ID #: CDC-NCEZID-5281
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 6, 2010
• Last updated: February 5, 2013
• Start date: January 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2008

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15000
• Est. completion date: June 2008
• Est. primary completion date: June 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Absenteeism
• Communicable Diseases
• Infection
• Infectious Disease
• Respiratory Illness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Procter & Gamble school-based handwashing promotion program
Handwashing promotion lesson and materials targeting first grade students
• expanded school-based handwashing promotion
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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Zhejiang Province CDC	Hangzhou	Zhejiang
Pakistan	Project HOPE	Karachi	Sindh
Philippines	FETPAFI	Manila

Sponsors (6)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	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

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

China,  Pakistan,  Philippines, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	student school absences / 100 student-weeks of observation		one semester	No
Secondary	Student absences due to respiratory illness / 100 student-weeks of observation		one semester	No
Secondary	student absences due to infectious syndromes / 100 student-weeks of observation		one semester	No
Secondary	longitudinal prevalence of infectious syndromes among students' family members		one semester	No