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Process Evaluation of “The Hygienic Family” Intervention: A Community-Based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project in Rural Malawi

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  • Mindy Panulo

    (Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi)

  • Kondwani Chidziwisano

    (Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
    Department of Environmental Health, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Level 5 James Weir Building, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK)

  • Tara K. Beattie

    (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Level 5 James Weir Building, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK)

  • Elizabeth Tilley

    (Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Christabel Kambala

    (Department of Environmental Health, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi)

  • Tracy Morse

    (Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED), Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Private Bag 303, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Level 5 James Weir Building, Glasgow G1 1XQ, UK)

Abstract

Process evaluations of environmental health interventions are often under-reported and under-utilized in the development of future programs. The “Hygienic Family” intervention targeted improvements in hygiene behaviors of caregivers with under five-year-old children in rural Malawi. Delivered through a combination of open days, cluster meetings, household visits, and prompts, data were collected from two intervention areas for ten months. A process evaluation framework provided indicators that were measured through intervention implementation and expenditure reports, focus groups discussions, interviews, and household surveys. The collected data assessed the intervention fidelity, dose, reach, acceptability, impact, and cost. Results indicated that all planned hygiene promotion messages were delivered, and study participants were better reached primarily through household visits (78% attended over 75% of the intervention) than cluster meetings (57% attended over 75% of the intervention). However, regression found that the number of household visits or cluster meetings had no discernible effect on the presence of some household hygiene proxy indicators. Intervention implementation cost per household was USD 31.00. The intervention delivery model provided good fidelity, dose, and reach and could be used to strengthen the scope of child health and wellbeing content. The intensive face-to-face method has proven to be effective but would need to be adequately resourced through financial support for community coordinator remuneration.

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  • Mindy Panulo & Kondwani Chidziwisano & Tara K. Beattie & Elizabeth Tilley & Christabel Kambala & Tracy Morse, 2022. "Process Evaluation of “The Hygienic Family” Intervention: A Community-Based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project in Rural Malawi," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:11:p:6771-:d:829813
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    1. Tracy Morse & Elizabeth Tilley & Kondwani Chidziwisano & Rossanie Malolo & Janelisa Musaya, 2020. "Health Outcomes of an Integrated Behaviour-Centred Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Food Safety Intervention–A Randomised before and after Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(8), pages 1-19, April.
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