Trial reportThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
The effectiveness of educational interventions to enhance the adoption of fee-based arsenic testing in Bangladesh: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Effect of an Arsenic Mitigation Program on Arsenic Exposure in American Indian Communities: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Community-Led Strong Heart Water Study Program.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Trial
- Evaluation of a water arsenic filter in a participatory intervention to reduce arsenic exposure in American Indian communities: The Strong Heart Water Study.The Science of the total environment · 2023Trial
- Improving WASH facilities and practices in Bangladeshi schools: progress and challenges from 2014 to 2018.Global health action · 2025Article
- Low-cost informational intervention reduced drinking water arsenic exposure in Bangladesh.PNAS nexus · 2023Article
- Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies.Campbell systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Reduction in exposure to arsenic from drinking well-water in Bangladesh limited by insufficient testing and awareness.Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development : a journal of the International Water Association · 2017Article
- Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?The Science of the total environment · 2016Article
- Inequitable allocation of deep community wells for reducing arsenic exposure in Bangladesh.Journal of water, sanitation, and hygiene for development : a journal of the International Water Association · 2016Article
- Influences on domestic well water testing behavior in a Central Maine area with frequent groundwater arsenic occurrence.The Science of the total environment · 2015Article
- Comparison of two blanket surveys of arsenic in tubewells conducted 12 years apart in a 25 km(2) area of Bangladesh.The Science of the total environment · 2014Article
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Abstract
Arsenic (As) testing could help 22 million people, using drinking water sources that exceed the Bangladesh As standard, to identify safe sources. A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of household education and local media in the increasing demand for fee-based As testing. Randomly selected households (N = 452) were divided into three interventions implemented by community workers: 1) fee-based As testing with household education (HE); 2) fee-based As testing with household education and a local media campaign (HELM); and 3) fee-based As testing alone (Control). The fee for the As test was US$ 0.28, higher than the cost of the test (US$ 0.16). Of households with untested wells, 93% in both intervention groups HE and HELM purchased an As test, whereas only 53% in the control group. In conclusion, fee-based As testing with household education is effective in the increasing demand for As testing in rural Bangladesh.
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