Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts

The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) on household WASH behaviour and practices in both a household and farm setting....

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Main Authors:	Malek, Mohammad Abdul, Khan, Tahsina Naz, Gerber, Nicolas, Saha, Ratnajit, Mohammad, Ikhtiar
Format:	Working Paper
Jezik:	en_US
Izdano:	Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) 2022
Teme:	Bangladesh BRAC WASH program Behavioral change DiD multivariate regression Randomized control trial Student brigades Water quality information WASH-Agriculture hygiene messages
Online dostop:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15901

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spelling	10361-159012022-01-13T21:01:36Z Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts Malek, Mohammad Abdul Khan, Tahsina Naz Gerber, Nicolas Saha, Ratnajit Mohammad, Ikhtiar Bangladesh BRAC WASH program Behavioral change DiD multivariate regression Randomized control trial Student brigades Water quality information WASH-Agriculture hygiene messages The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) on household WASH behaviour and practices in both a household and farm setting. In addition, household members’ health and developmental productivity outcomes were also examined. A randomized control trial (RCT) involving student brigades (SBs) was carried out in six sub-districts (hotspots) characterized by comparatively poor WASH indicators. The specially designed WASH-agriculture treatment consisted of three interventions: (1) informing the households about the prior water testing results; (2) delivering hygiene messages with the help of posters; (3) equipping SB members with water quality test kits and asking them to test the water quality at different places and report their findings to their household. Employing the difference-in-difference (DID) multivariate regression technique, the analysis revealed that the BRAC WASH treatment performed well in terms of effecting behavioural changes and improving hygiene practices. In addition, the results suggested that informing households of their drinking water quality and conveying WASH-agriculture hygiene messages to them could have a significant incremental impact over the existing BRAC WASH treatment in changing household hygiene behaviour and practices at home and on farms. This research provides evidence that students can act as agents of change in improving water quality, sanitation and health in a rural setting. 2022-01-13T05:56:14Z 2022-01-13T05:56:14Z 2016 2016-04 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15901 en_US https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/can-a-specially-designed-information-intervention-around-the-wash-agriculture-linkages-make-any-difference-experimental-evidence-of-behavioral-changes-and-health-impacts/ application/pdf Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF)
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topic	Bangladesh BRAC WASH program Behavioral change DiD multivariate regression Randomized control trial Student brigades Water quality information WASH-Agriculture hygiene messages
spellingShingle	Bangladesh BRAC WASH program Behavioral change DiD multivariate regression Randomized control trial Student brigades Water quality information WASH-Agriculture hygiene messages Malek, Mohammad Abdul Khan, Tahsina Naz Gerber, Nicolas Saha, Ratnajit Mohammad, Ikhtiar Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
description	The paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the specially designed packages of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions with ‘student brigades’ (student teams tasked with maintaining hygiene in school) on household WASH behaviour and practices in both a household and farm setting. In addition, household members’ health and developmental productivity outcomes were also examined. A randomized control trial (RCT) involving student brigades (SBs) was carried out in six sub-districts (hotspots) characterized by comparatively poor WASH indicators. The specially designed WASH-agriculture treatment consisted of three interventions: (1) informing the households about the prior water testing results; (2) delivering hygiene messages with the help of posters; (3) equipping SB members with water quality test kits and asking them to test the water quality at different places and report their findings to their household. Employing the difference-in-difference (DID) multivariate regression technique, the analysis revealed that the BRAC WASH treatment performed well in terms of effecting behavioural changes and improving hygiene practices. In addition, the results suggested that informing households of their drinking water quality and conveying WASH-agriculture hygiene messages to them could have a significant incremental impact over the existing BRAC WASH treatment in changing household hygiene behaviour and practices at home and on farms. This research provides evidence that students can act as agents of change in improving water quality, sanitation and health in a rural setting.
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author	Malek, Mohammad Abdul Khan, Tahsina Naz Gerber, Nicolas Saha, Ratnajit Mohammad, Ikhtiar
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title	Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
title_short	Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
title_full	Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
title_fullStr	Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
title_full_unstemmed	Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
title_sort	can a specially designed information intervention around the wash-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts
publisher	Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF)
publishDate	2022
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Can a specially designed information intervention around the WASH-agriculture linkages make any difference? experimental evidence of behavioral changes and health impacts

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