Behaviour change programme for safe child faeces management
The project ‘Developing and testing an innovative behaviour change programme for safe child faeces management in Odisha, India’ designed a behaviour change intervention, including the development of a novel child faeces management (CFM) hardware, to promote the adoption of safe CFM behaviours among households with children less than five years of age. Two innovative approaches - RANAS (risks, attitudes, norms, abilities, self-regulation) and User Centred Design - was used to inform the design and evaluation of an effective CFM behaviour change intervention. USAID supported the model development through Tetra Tech’s WASHPaLS initiative while Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supported the evaluation through Emory University.
The project aims to identify key behavioural determinants influencing safe CFM behaviours and co-create prototypes for novel CFM hardware for the safe management of child faeces.
REACH
37 villages
REGION
Ganjam, Gajapati in Odisha
PROJECT STATUS
Completed
TIMELINE
June 2019 to April 2021
BUDGET
₹85.82 lakh
PARTNERS
Tetra Tech
ACTIVITIES
- Conducting workshops on behaviour change intervention that promotes safe CFM behaviors
- Conducting participatory user-centred CFM hardware design sessions with caregivers, family members and Gram Vikas team
- Pilot testing and feedback sessions on CFM hardware prototypes
- Production of selected CFM hardware
- Implementation of finalised CFM behavior change intervention activities
- Conducting baseline and endline surveys to measure safe CFM behaviours and behavioral determinants in control villages
- Engagement with state and national governments and nonprofit stakeholders
RESULTS
- 15% greater increase in Caregiver Safe Disposal of Child Faeces
- 5% greater increase in Child Latrine Use
- Sessions on participatory user-centred CFM hardware design conducted in 37 villages
- Conducted pilot testing of CFM hardware in 10 villages