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Acceptability and Effectiveness of Household Water Treatment in Reducing Diarrhea Among Under Five Children

NCT01376440 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 845

Last updated 2012-01-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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?

Conditions

  • Acute Diarrhoea

Interventions

OTHER

household water treatment

household water treatment with 1.25% sodium hypochlorite

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Haramaya Unversity

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bezatu M Alemu, M.Sc · Assistant professor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Ethiopia

Study Locations

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