Dataset for behaviour-microbiology studies of face washing techniques for trachoma control: a pilot study within the Stronger SAFE project

Czerniewska, A. 2019. Dataset for behaviour-microbiology studies of face washing techniques for trachoma control: a pilot study within the Stronger SAFE project. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001341.

Czerniewska, A. Dataset for behaviour-microbiology studies of face washing techniques for trachoma control: a pilot study within the Stronger SAFE project [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2019. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001341.

Czerniewska, A (2019). Dataset for behaviour-microbiology studies of face washing techniques for trachoma control: a pilot study within the Stronger SAFE project. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001341.

Description

Stronger-SAFE is a five-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust that will increase our understanding of how trachoma is transmitted, leading to the development and testing of new, more effective interventions and treatment approaches The behaviour-microbiology studies sought to inform the target behaviour we should promote during our face washing intervention. In order to determine how best to promote face washing with soap to maximise interruption of Chlamydia trachomatis transmission, we assessed how effectively ocular and nasal discharge were removed from children's faces following washing with water or with water and soap. We also studied how long it took for ocular and nasal discharge to return to children's faces after washing. The dataset can be found here. The results of this pilot study can be found in our AJTMH paper (Czerniewska et al.) entitled "Comparison of face washing and face wiping methods for trachoma control: a pilot study".

Methods

Data capture method

Questionnaire

Data Collection Period

From	To
1 September 2017	31 July 2018

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

27 August 2019

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Czerniewska, A
Associated roles	Burton, MJ (Principal Investigator), Greenland, K (Co-Investigator), Czerniewska, A (Co-Investigator), Last, AR (Co-Investigator), Versteeg, A (Co-Investigator) and Abdurahman, O (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Disease Control
Research Centre	International Centre for Eye Health
Research Group	Environmental Health Group, Disability and Eye Health
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Fred Hollows Foundation (Ethiopia, UK, Aus), Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Oromia Regional Health Bureau, Ethiopia