Comparing the behavioural impact of a nudge‐based handwashing intervention to high‐intensity hygiene education: a cluster‐randomised trial in rural Bangladesh

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Authors

Elise Grover · University of Oklahoma

Mohammed Kamal Hossain · Save the Children

Saker Uddin · Save the Children

Mohini Venkatesh · Save the Children

Pavani K. Ram · University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Robert Dreibelbis · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Abstract

Our trial demonstrates sustained improved handwashing behaviour 5 months after the nudge intervention. The nudge intervention's comparable performance to a high-intensity hygiene education intervention is encouraging.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Homelessness and Social Issues Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 23, Issue 1, pp. 10-25

DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12999

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