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WASH Benefits Bangladesh
Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01590095
Purpose
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions
that improve water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutrition on child growth and
development in the first years of life.
Official Title
WASH Benefits Bangladesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Benefits of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Plus Nutrition Interventions on Child Growth
Stanford Investigator(s)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
(1) Infants (target child) will be eligible to participate in the study if they are:
1. They are in utero at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
months (if a mother is planning to give birth at her natal home and then return, she
will still be a candidate for enrollment)
(2) Children < 36 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target child
will be eligible to participate in diarrhea measurement if:
1. They are < 36 months old at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
months
(3) Children 18 - 27 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target
child will be eligible to participate in intestinal parasite specimen collection if:
1. They are 18 - 27 months old at the baseline survey
2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
months
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Water quality
behavioral: Sanitation
behavioral: Hand washing
behavioral: Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing (Combined WASH)
behavioral: Nutrition
behavioral: Nutrition, Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing
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Contact Information
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