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The Effect of Behaviour Change Interventions on Use of Public Handwashing Stations in Bangladesh

NCT04765540 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 855

Last updated 2021-07-22

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Summary

As part of the COVID-19 response, BRAC has built 1000 public handwashing stations in several hundred villages in 20 sub-districts of Bangladesh. The investigators investigate the effects of two sets of behavioural interventions on use of the handwashing stations, compared to no additional interventions. The first set comprises passive nudges installed on and around the handwashing station, aimed at attracting people to the station. The second set comprises actively delivered higher-intensity interventions, including free soap offered as an incentive for using the handwashing station and a community board used to display social proof. This set of interventions aims to increase motivation to use the station.

Conditions

  • Hand Washing
  • Handwashing
  • Covid19

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Low Intensity Nudges

A bundle of 'low-intensity' passive interventions, including: Large Mirrors \& hand-shaped sign posts pointing to the station

BEHAVIORAL

High Intensity Activities

A bundle of 'high-intensity' active interventions delivered for three weeks, including: Free soap and free facemasks for handwashing station users, a community message board \& general encouragement

BEHAVIORAL

BRAC's business-as-usual

A set of community activities to increase awareness of public handwashing stations and the need to use them. This includes in-person group sessions demonstrating hand hygiene as well as stickers and posters placed in the community to alert people to the handwashing stations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Brac

    collaborator OTHER

  • BRAC Institute of Governance and Development

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Unilever U.K. Central Resources Limited

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • D2 Technologies Ltd, Bangladesh

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, U.K.

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The Behavioural Insights Team

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stewart Kettle, PhD · Behavioural Insights Team

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-03
Primary Completion
2021-05-06
Completion
2021-05-06

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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