Evaluating Impact of Improved Floors on Health

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

2,200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 12, 2023

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2024

Conditions
Diarrhoeal DiseaseHookworm InfectionAscaris Lumbricoides InfectionTrichuris InfectionTungiasis
Interventions
OTHER

Sealed washable floor plus behaviour change

Replacement of rudimentary floors with a cement stabilised floor in all rooms in the dwelling

BEHAVIORAL

Behaviour change intervention

Support for behaviour change through 'floor clubs' and the provision of printed guides

DRUG

Routine deworming

Treatment of all household members for STH infections (400 mg albendazole in those aged 24 months and above; 200 mg albendazole in those aged 12-23 months)

PROCEDURE

treatment for tungiasis

Treatment of tungiasis in those affected by heavy infections (at 0 and 12 months) according to county Department of Health recommendations

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Dzombo ward, Kwale

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Kenya Medical Research Institute

OTHER

collaborator

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

OTHER

collaborator

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)

OTHER

lead

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

OTHER