Formative research for the design of a scalable water, sanitation, and hygiene mobile health program: CHoBI7 mobile health program

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Cholera-Hospital-Based-Intervention-for-7-Days (CHoBI7) is a handwashing with soap and water treatment intervention program delivered by a health promoter bedside in a health facility and through home visits to diarrhea patients and their household members during the 7 days after admission to a health facility. In a randomized controlled trial among cholera patient households in Bangladesh, the 7-day CHoBI7 program resulted in a significant reduction in cholera among household members of cholera patients and sustained improvements in drinking water quality and handwashing with soap practices 12 months post-intervention. In an effort to take this intervention to scale across Bangladesh in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, this stud

SUBMITTER: George CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6670164 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature