The Hope Soap Study: a Hand-washing Intervention Among Children in South Africa

NCT ID: NCT03280771

Last Updated: 2017-09-13

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

288 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-09-01

Study Completion Date

2015-12-15

Brief Summary

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The Hope Soap Study is a randomised-control pilot study of a hand-washing intervention in which children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hand-washing Behavior Diarrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Hope Soap group

Children in treatment households received a bi-monthly delivery of HOPE SOAP©, a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Hope Soap

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

HOPE SOAP© is a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Control group

Children in control households received a colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control group soap

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

A colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it

Interventions

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Hope Soap

HOPE SOAP© is a colourful, translucent bar of soap with a toy embedded in its centre.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Control group soap

A colourful, translucent bar or soap with the toy alongside it

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Enrolled in the Family-in-Focus program
* Caregiver provided informed consent
* the age-eligible children were not involved in any other sort of ECD program (e.g. crèche or other day-care)

Exclusion Criteria

* Enrollment in an ECD program
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

9 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Cape Town

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Brendan Maughan-Brown

Senior Research Officer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Burns J, Maughan-Brown B, Mouzinho A. Washing with hope: evidence of improved handwashing among children in South Africa from a pilot study of a novel soap technology. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jun 7;18(1):709. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5573-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29879942 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1952:BURNSFW

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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