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Abstract
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In line with BRAC's overall goals to limit the COVID19 transmission, BRAC has constructed 1,000 handwashing stations coupled with other supports i.e. in-person demonstration, hygiene meetings, and soap distribution in Bangladesh. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of public handwashing stations (HWSs) on people’s hygiene behavior and health outcomes in response to COVID-19 situation. For this, at household level, we will collect information on self-reported hand washing practices, income, health status and HWSs along with other relevant socio-demographic variables in detail. In addition, we will observe people’s mobility, mask usage at public places and the HWSs usage; and will associate the observed HWSs usage with their self-reported health outcomes. This study will conduct surveys on households (7,760) and public (5,820) in 20 sub-districts of Mymensingh, Khulna and Dhaka divisions.
Overall, this study is expected to directly benefit study participants and their communities by unveiling new evidence to inform BRAC’s existing hygiene behavioral change programming in these communities. In addition, this information will yield future societal benefits by generating evidence on how to effectively implement and disseminate infrastructure and information that people can trust, believe and use to form healthy hygiene habits.
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In line with BRAC's overall goals to limit the COVID19 transmission, BRAC has constructed 1,000 handwashing stations coupled with other supports i.e. in-person demonstration, hygiene meetings, and soap distribution in Bangladesh. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of public handwashing stations (HWSs) on people’s hygiene behavior and health outcomes in response to the COVID-19 situation. For this, at the household level, we will collect information on self-reported handwashing practices, income, health status, and HWSs along with other relevant socio-demographic variables in detail. In addition, we will observe people’s mobility, mask usage at public places, and the HWSs usage; and will associate the observed HWSs usage with their self-reported health outcomes. This study will conduct surveys on households (7,760) and public (5,820) in 20 sub-districts of Mymensingh, Khulna, and Dhaka divisions.
Overall, this study is expected to directly benefit study participants and their communities by unveiling new evidence to inform BRAC’s existing hygiene behavioral change programming in these communities. In addition, this information will yield future societal benefits by generating evidence on how to effectively implement and disseminate infrastructure and information that people can trust, believe, and use to form healthy hygiene habits.
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Primary Outcomes (End Points)
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The main outcome variables of interest in this study are – i) duration of handwashing measured in seconds, i) using soap while washing hands measured with binary responses, iii) monthly expenditure on soap used for handwashing measured in BDT, iv) prevalence of coronavirus related symptoms and other diseases.
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The main outcome variables of interest in this study are:
i) daily handwashing frequency
ii) likelihood of using soap when handwashing
iii) prevalence of transmissible diseases in the past 15 days
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