Use of Electronic Loggers to Measure Changes in the Rates of Hand Washing with Soap in Low-Income Urban Households in India. S1 Data
We evaluated the utility of electronic loggers to measure the effects of a simple intervention designed to influence the rates of hand washing with soap within enclosed toilets and bathrooms in low-income urban households in Kerala, India. 58 households were given three items with embedded electronic loggers for a period of 2-5 days. Two logged soaps tracked hand and body washing in the bathroom. The third logged item was a water vessel used for flushing the toilet and for post-defecation anal cleansing; this served as a marker of toilet use. In addition, 28 households in a Soap by toilet arm were given an additional logged soap, to be kept by the toilet, and used for hand washing. Compared with the Soap in bathroom arm, the loggers in the Soap by toilet households recorded 73% greater daily use of soaps designated for hand washing (t(36)=2.92, p<0.01) and 172% greater use within 2 minutes of the use of the water vessel (t(36)=3.51, p = 0.001). We conclude that the loggers were capable of detecting changes in the rates of hand washing with soap and changes in hand washing with soap after use of the toilet. Further adoption of logger technologies would enable more insightful studies of hand washing within urban environments.
Keywords
Soaps, Hands, Defecation, Arms, Statistical data, Hygiene, Schools, Urban environmentsItem Type | Dataset |
---|---|
Capture method | Field observation: Participant |
Date | 25 June 2015 |
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade) |
North Latitude East Longitude South Latitude West Longitude 10.8826 76.3037 10.8166 76.2259 |
Language(s) of written materials | English |
Creator(s) | Wright, RL, Zillmer, R, Biran, A, Hall, P and Sidibe, M |
LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Disease Control |
Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Unilever R&D Port Sunlight, Bebington, Wirral, United Kingdom, Intertek Testing Services, Capenhurst, Wirral, United Kingdom |
Funders |
Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI |
Date Deposited | 12 May 2017 09:44 |
Last Modified | 07 Oct 2024 09:54 |
Publisher | PLOS ONE |
Explore Further
- Data download – Figshare (Online Data Resource)
- Data record - Figshare (Data)
No files available. Please consult associated links.
- Data download – Figshare (Online Data Resource)
- Data record - Figshare (Data)