Pilot cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate adoption of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions and their combination in rural western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 437-447

  Christensen, Garret ^a   Dentz, Holly N ^b   Pickering, Amy J ^d   Bourdier, Tomoé ^b   Arnold, Benjamin F ^a   Colford, John M ^a   Null, Clair ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND WASHING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL AREA; RURAL HYGIENE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; PILOT PROJECTS; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84922328226     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0138     Document Type: Article

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