Acceptability and Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment in Reducing Diarrhea Among Under Five Children
Acceptability and Effectiveness of Household Water Chlorination in Reducing the Prevalence of Diarrhea Among Under Five Children in Eastern Ethiopia
The Millenium development goals (MDGs) call for reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water. This goal was adopted in large part because safe drinking water has been seen as critical to fighting diarrheal disease. Source protection is considered the main intervention area to achieve this goal. However, research worldwide that has shown that even drinking water which is safe at the source is subject to frequent and extensive fecal contamination during collection, storage and use in the home. This contamination is through the introduction of cups, dippers or hands, contamination by flies, cockroaches, and rats. Even piped water supplies of adequate microbial quality can pose infectious disease risks if they become contaminated due to unsanitary collection, storage conditions and practices within households.
To reduce this problem, point-of-use water treatment has been advocated as a means to substantially decrease the global burden of diarrhea and to contribute to the MDGs. However, research indicates that there are many unanswered questions around Household water treatment (HWT) that require small or medium scale epidemiological studies and randomized controlled trials, especially with regard to effectiveness, acceptability and identifying suitable target populations. Some of the most urgent questions to be resolved are:(1) How much of the currently cited disease reduction of HWT is due to bias? (2) What is the effect of HWT on nutritional status (weight gain and growth)?(3) At which populations should HWT be targeted? (4) Is it acceptable and sustainable in poor communities where the risk of diarrheal disease is high.
hypothesis: Do household water treatment with chlorine reduce diarrhea among underfive children? hypothesis: Do household water treatment with chlorine acceptable in the community?
調査の概要
研究の種類
入学 (実際)
段階
- フェーズ 1
連絡先と場所
研究場所
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Eastern Hararage
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Kersa、Eastern Hararage、エチオピア、235
- Kersa district
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参加基準
適格基準
就学可能な年齢
健康ボランティアの受け入れ
受講資格のある性別
説明
Inclusion Criteria:
- All children under five years of age in the randomly selected clusters of Kersa district
Exclusion Criteria:
- seriously sick children in the randomly selected clusters of Kersa district
研究計画
研究はどのように設計されていますか?
デザインの詳細
- 主な目的:防止
- 割り当て:ランダム化
- 介入モデル:並列代入
- マスキング:なし(オープンラベル)
武器と介入
参加者グループ / アーム |
介入・治療 |
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実験的:Household water treatment
household water treatment with 1.25% sodium hypochlorite
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household water treatment with 1.25% sodium hypochlorite
他の名前:
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介入なし:control
Usual practice (the use of "Jerrican" for water storage, which is considered as safe storage)
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この研究は何を測定していますか?
主要な結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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To assess the prevalence of diarrhea among under five children
時間枠:four months
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weekly visit of the household for the presence of diarrhoea among underfive for four months in both the intervention and control groups
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four months
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二次結果の測定
結果測定 |
メジャーの説明 |
時間枠 |
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To assess the weight gain among the intervention and control groups of under five children
時間枠:At the beginning and end of the study ( 4 months interval)
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This is designed to assess whether there is weight gain (objective outcome) in children assigned to the intervention group compared to the control group.
It is supplement to the prevalence of diarrhea which is subjective outcome for this study
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At the beginning and end of the study ( 4 months interval)
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Residual chlorine test
時間枠:four months
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The use of the intervention (1.25% hypochlorite) is confirmed by the testing the residual chlorine weekly for for months from each household assigned in the intrevention group
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four months
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協力者と研究者
スポンサー
捜査官
- 主任研究者:Bezatu M Alemu, M.Sc、Assistant Professor
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研究開始
一次修了 (実際)
研究の完了 (実際)
試験登録日
最初に提出
QC基準を満たした最初の提出物
最初の投稿 (見積もり)
学習記録の更新
投稿された最後の更新 (見積もり)
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最終確認日
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本研究に関する用語
その他の研究ID番号
- SGS13/15/11
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