In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections, self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.
In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149 childhood deaths per 1,000 live births 9. The study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of an antimicrobial hand towel (hereafter referred to as towel) in preventing diarrheal diseases, acute respiratory infections (ARIs), self-reported fever, and skin infections in children \<2 years old.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
449
Novel antimicrobial hand towel.
Number of participants with diarrheal disease
The number of participants that experience 3 or more loose or watery stools
Time frame: Within 48 hours of enrollment
Number of participants with respiratory infections
Time frame: Within 48 hours of enrollment
Number of participants with a subjective fever
Time frame: Within 48 hours of enrollment
Number of participants with a skin infection
Time frame: Within 48 hours of enrollment
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