When knowing is not enough: The role of goal-setting and monitoring in persistent adoption of WASH practices

Last registered on October 20, 2024

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
When knowing is not enough: The role of goal-setting and monitoring in persistent adoption of WASH practices
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014395
Initial registration date
October 03, 2024

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
October 07, 2024, 7:21 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
October 20, 2024, 2:41 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
University of Texas at Arlington

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata
PI Affiliation
Asian Development Bank Institute
PI Affiliation
Asian Development Bank Institute
PI Affiliation
Indian Institute of Technology

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2024-10-01
End date
2024-10-02
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial is based on or builds upon one or more prior RCTs.
Abstract
The proposed project is organized around a well-designed and rigorous RCT aimed at identifying the role of knowledge dissemination, skills training and regular practice, achieved by goal setting and regularly monitoring whether goals set have been realized. The idea is not only to replace bad habits with good ones but also to maintain them by slow habit formation. This research endeavor encapsulates about 2,000 mother-child dyads hailing from 100 distinct slum clusters situated in the district of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India. We will focus on mothers aged 18-45 years with a child below five years i.e. the focus will be on starting early or early childhood development (ECD).
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bhukta, Rikhia et al. 2024. "When knowing is not enough: The role of goal-setting and monitoring in persistent adoption of WASH practices." AEA RCT Registry. October 20. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14395-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
There will be two different treatment arms in the proposed study:

Treatment 1: Information and skills training only (n=600)

Treatment 2: Information and skills training + Monitoring & Goal-setting (n=600)

Control Group (n=800): The remaining 800 mother-child pairs (from 40 slums) will serve as the control group and will not receive any interventions.
Intervention Start Date
2024-10-01
Intervention End Date
2024-10-02

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The main objective of the proposed project is to help understand the major determinants of adopting and maintaining safe wash, sanitation, and hygienic behavior. We will focus on three sets of outcomes here: respondent and child-assessed subjective outcomes; behavioural outcomes (revealed preference for hygienic behaviours and products) and objective outcomes (enumerator assessed or directly collected).
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
This research endeavor encapsulates about 2,000 mother-child dyads hailing from 100 distinct slum clusters situated in the district of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India. We will focus on mothers aged 18-45 years with a child below five years. There will be two different treatment arms in the proposed study. In treatment 1, only information and skills training will be provided. In treatment 2, information and skills training + Monitoring & Goal-setting will be done.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Slum
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
100
Sample size: planned number of observations
2000
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Number of observations: 600 in treatment 1, 600 in treatment 2, 800 in control
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
IIT Kanpur IEC
IRB Approval Date
2023-06-16
IRB Approval Number
IITK/IEC/2023-24/I/38

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
No
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials