Data for: "The effect of community-based behaviour change interventions on observed handwashing and child faeces disposal in rural Malawi: a controlled before-and-after (CBA) trial"

MacLeod, C

, Panulo, M

, Wells, J

, White, B

, Ross, I

, Morse, T

, Dreibelbis, R

and Chidziwisano, K

(2025). Data for: "The effect of community-based behaviour change interventions on observed handwashing and child faeces disposal in rural Malawi: a controlled before-and-after (CBA) trial". [Dataset]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 10.17037/DATA.00004705.

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This controlled before-and-after trial assessed the effectiveness of a district-level Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) intervention with and without locally managed Care Groups (CG) on observed sanitation and hygiene behaviours in rural Chiradzulu District, Malawi. The study was implemented in three sub-districts (also known as Traditional Authorities [TAs]). Two TAs received CLTS, which included an additional low-intensity government-led hygiene promotion campaign. One TA received the standard CLTS intervention (CLTS group), and one received the same intervention but with additional sanitation and hygiene promotion delivered through local Care Groups (CLTS+CG group). The third TA served as the control group. Hygiene and child faeces disposal outcomes were measured by fieldworker direct observation at baseline (April 2023) and endline (March 2024).

Keywords

Handwashing, CLTS, Community-Led Total Sanitation, Behaviour change, Care groups, Malawi

Item Type	Dataset
Capture method	Field observation
Collection Period	From To 13 April 2023 11 March 2024
Date	18 June 2025
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	MacLeod, C , Panulo, M , Wells, J , White, B, Ross, I , Morse, T, Dreibelbis, R and Chidziwisano, K
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Disease Control
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI A controlled before-and-after study testing alternative approaches to sanitation and hygiene behaviour change in rural Malawi: the WASH for Everyone Trial World Vision USA WVSOW34730 https://www.worldvision.org/
Date Deposited	23 Jun 2025 10:43
Last Modified	23 Jun 2025 10:44
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine