Evaluating a Latrine Use Intervention in Odisha, India

July 16, 2019 updated by: Bethany Caruso, Emory University

Implementing and Evaluating a Multi-Level Intervention to Increase Latrine Use and Safe Feces Disposal Among Latrine Owning Households in Rural Puri District, Odisha, India

The objective of this research is to evaluate an intervention focused on increasing latrine use in rural Odisha India. The present study builds off of previous research, which resulted in the design of an intervention to increase latrine use. This research evaluates the intervention designed to determine if significant increases in latrine use are observed among those who received the intervention compared to those that did not. Qualitative research will supplement trial data collection to help explain findings and understand perceptions of the intervention.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The objective of this research is to evaluate an intervention focused on increasing latrine use in rural Odisha India. The present study builds off of previous research, which resulted in the design of an intervention to increase latrine use. This research evaluates the intervention designed to determine if significant increases in latrine use are observed among those who received the intervention compared to those that did not. Qualitative research will supplement trial data collection to help explain findings and understand perceptions of the intervention.

For trial data collection, household members will be engaged in a survey that asks questions about the household, the latrine use practices of their family members, and may include additional questions about social norms attitudes, and other factors influencing latrine use.

Investigators will carry out two discrete qualitative research activities both digitally recorded: in depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs). Topics to be covered during the qualitative research include: perceptions of the intervention, reasons for using/not using latrines, motivations for sanitation behaviors.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate a multi-level, theoretically informed intervention designed to increase latrine use for defecation among all members of households that currently own a latrine.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

11722

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • India
    • Odisha
      • Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
        • Xavier Institute of Management

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Villages located in rural Puri district, Odisha India

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Estimated 60% latrine coverage or higher
  • At least 75 households
  • Have a village leader willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Considered open-defecation free (ODF)
  • Participants under the age of 18 will not be targeted for research-related activities, like interviews and discussions, though we will ask caregivers or other household members to provide in information about the sanitation-related behaviors of children under age 18.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Latrine Use
Men and women in villages randomized to the latrine use arm will receive the intervention package that includes activities at the community and household levels, with additional activities and hardware for mothers of children under five.
Behavioral: Intervention Package

  • Community Level:

    • Palla: songs and skits to increase knowledge of and motivation for latrine use, pit emptying, safe feces disposal;
    • Transect Walk: village walk to identify and mark feces in community;
    • Community meetings: sex-segregated meetings with village members to decide on an action plan to increase community cleanliness/reduce open defecation;
    • Wall painting: village map noting households that use latrines always.

  • Sub-Community level:

    • Mothers meeting: For caregivers with children under age 5, to provide knowledge of and hardware for safe child feces disposal.

  • Household Level:

    • Household visits: to those with latrines to motivate use;
    • Latrine repairs: for households with non-functional latrines to make functional.
NO_INTERVENTION: Control Group
Men and women in villages randomized to the control group will not receive an intervention.
EXPERIMENTAL: Qualitative Research Group
Six villages unassociated with the randomized villages will engage in qualitative research. Three villages will receive the intervention. Three villages will not receive the intervention.
Behavioral: Intervention Package

  • Community Level:

    • Palla: songs and skits to increase knowledge of and motivation for latrine use, pit emptying, safe feces disposal;
    • Transect Walk: village walk to identify and mark feces in community;
    • Community meetings: sex-segregated meetings with village members to decide on an action plan to increase community cleanliness/reduce open defecation;
    • Wall painting: village map noting households that use latrines always.

  • Sub-Community level:

    • Mothers meeting: For caregivers with children under age 5, to provide knowledge of and hardware for safe child feces disposal.

  • Household Level:

    • Household visits: to those with latrines to motivate use;
    • Latrine repairs: for households with non-functional latrines to make functional.
Other: Qualitative Research

For villages receiving the intervention package, investigators will engage community members through qualitative interviews to gain their perception of the intervention, what they thought of the intervention activities, what information they recall, what aspects they enjoyed or disliked, if they had barriers to attendance or participation.

For the three villages not receiving the intervention, investigators will conduct qualitative interviews to determine additional barriers and determinants of latrine use to identify other potential intervention strategies.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Latrine Usage Rate
Time Frame: Baseline, Post-Intervention (Up to 1 Year)
Latrine usage will be assessed via in-depth interviews conducted between the study team and participants. Responses to interview questions will be aggregated and categorized by common themes, and analyzed qualitatively.
Baseline, Post-Intervention (Up to 1 Year)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Number of Toilets
Time Frame: Baseline, Post-Intervention (Up to 1 Year)
The number of toilets in the community/village will be collected at baseline and post-intervention.
Baseline, Post-Intervention (Up to 1 Year)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Emory University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Bethany Caruso, PhD, Emory University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

January 30, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

February 18, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 13, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 6, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

July 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 16, 2019

Last Verified

July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00098293

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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