Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Chinese Elementary Schools
Primary Purpose
Communicable Diseases
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Locations
China
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
handwashing
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Communicable Diseases focused on measuring handwashing, communicable diseases, health education
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: school has running water Exclusion Criteria: school has not previously received commercial handwashing promotion program
Sites / Locations
- Fujian Province CDC
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
student illness rates
student absence rates
Secondary Outcome Measures
teacher illness rate
changes in student hygiene knowledge
changes in student hygiene attitudes
changes in school water use
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT00140335
First Posted
August 30, 2005
Last Updated
March 8, 2010
Sponsor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collaborators
Procter and Gamble, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China, Fujian Province CDC
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00140335
Brief Title
Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Chinese Elementary Schools
Official Title
Evaluation of a Handwashing Promotion Program in Chinese Elementary Schools
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
March 2010
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
December 2004 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
June 2005 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 2005 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Name of the Sponsor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collaborators
Procter and Gamble, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China, Fujian Province CDC
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
Yes
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of a commercial hand washing promotion program on hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and practices, and on health outcomes such as reported infectious illnesses and school absences.
Detailed Description
Diarrheal and respiratory diseases cause 3.8 million deaths annually among children in the developing world. Reduced rates of these diseases have been measured during intensive, home-based handwashing interventions. We evaluated a school-based handwashing program for 1st grade students to determine whether a more scalable intervention could also reduce illness rates, and impact hygiene knowledge and attitudes.
Thirty schools from each of 3 counties in Fujian Province, China, were randomized to one of the following groups: a) control; b) standard intervention, which included a handwashing program (1 hour of hygiene instruction and 1 soap sample kit per pupil); or c) expanded intervention, which included the handwashing program, soap for school sinks and 1 peer hygiene monitor per class. Teachers collected illness symptom information from students weekly and recorded student absences daily between January and April, 2005. Mean illness and absence rates were calculated for each school. Students were given a knowledge, attitudes, and practices questionnaire before the intervention and again 5 months later.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Communicable Diseases
Keywords
handwashing, communicable diseases, health education
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Phase 4
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
5000 (false)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
handwashing
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
student illness rates
Title
student absence rates
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
teacher illness rate
Title
changes in student hygiene knowledge
Title
changes in student hygiene attitudes
Title
changes in school water use
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
4 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
12 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
school has running water
Exclusion Criteria:
school has not previously received commercial handwashing promotion program
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Anna B Bowen, MD, MPH
Organizational Affiliation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Official's Role
Study Director
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Fujian Province CDC
City
Fuzhou
State/Province
Fujian
ZIP/Postal Code
350001
Country
China
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