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Monitoring and maintenance of handwashing devices during the COVID-19 crisis in a humanitarian context - the role of psychological ownership (Conditional)

  • Funded by Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Wellcome Trust
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Grant number: 51589

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Funder

    Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Wellcome Trust

  • Research Location

    Bangladesh

  • Lead Research Institution

    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Restriction measures to prevent secondary transmission in communities

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Internally Displaced and Migrants

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This controlled trial study aims to increase handwashing in households, and will be conducted in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh. Camp residents and staff will be surveyed to assess functionality, monitoring and maintenance systems of handwashing devices as well as psychological ownership of the devices, to assess whether ownership increases handwashing. The expected outcomes are improved monitoring and maintenance of both individual and public handwashing devices in the camp settings, and strengthened interventions for handwashing which increase psychological ownership, tailored to the local conditions and the current COVID-19 crisis.