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Brief Summary:

The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions that improve water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutrition on child growth and development in the first years of life.

Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • behavioral: Water quality
  • behavioral: Sanitation
  • behavioral: Hand washing
  • behavioral: Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing (Combined WASH)
  • behavioral: Nutrition
  • behavioral: Nutrition, Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

(1) Infants (target child) will be eligible to participate in the study if they are:

   1. They are in utero at the baseline survey

   2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
   months (if a mother is planning to give birth at her natal home and then return, she
   will still be a candidate for enrollment)

(2) Children < 36 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target child
will be eligible to participate in diarrhea measurement if:

   1. They are < 36 months old at the baseline survey

   2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
   months

(3) Children 18 - 27 months old at baseline that are living in the compound of a target
child will be eligible to participate in intestinal parasite specimen collection if:

   1. They are 18 - 27 months old at the baseline survey

   2. Their parents/guardians are planning to stay in the study village for the next 12
   months

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Day - 63 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Now accepting new patients

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Recruiting