Safe Start

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Building on findings from an Urban WASH Disparities study conducted in Kenya during Phase I, this study will design, implement and evaluate the impact of a novel early childhood hygiene intervention targeting caregivers of children at three months of age on enteric infections and growth faltering in low-income settlements of Kisumu, Kenya.

This CRCT will be conducted by GLUK, in collaboration with LSHTM and the University of Oklahoma, and will be delivered by community health volunteers at the household level during their routine work.

In 2016, GLUK received ethical approval clearance and held initial meetings with participating communities. They are now conducting baseline surveys at the two sites, collecting formative behavioural data and recruiting community health volunteers and eligible households for the sample.

Partners

Great Lakes University of Kisumu London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Resources

Behaviour Change for WASH: Policy Brief

Designing a Food Hygiene Intervention in Low-Income, Peri-Urban Context of Kisumu, Kenya: Application of the Trials of Improved Practices Methodology

Enteric pathogen diversity in infant foods in low-income neighborhoods of Kisumu, Kenya

Infant Food Hygiene and Childcare Practices in Context: Findings from an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya

Oral Contact Events and Caregiver Hand Hygiene: Implications for Fecal-Oral Exposure to Enteric Pathogens among Infants 3–9 Months Living in Informal, Peri-Urban Communities in Kisumu, Kenya

Safe Start - Formative Research Brief

Safe Start - Progress Report

Safe Start Trial: Preventing Enteric Infections in Young Children in Kenya

The association between domestic animal presence and ownership and household drinking water contamination among periurban communities of Kisumu, Kenya

The Effect of a Novel Early Childhood Hygiene Intervention on Enteric Infections and Growth Faltering in Low-Income Informal Settlements of Kisumu, Kenya

The Safe Start trial to assess the effect of an infant hygiene intervention on enteric infections and diarrhoea in low-income informal neighbourhoods of Kisumu, Kenya: a study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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