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Table 3 Prevalence and PR (95% CI) of having water and soap at handwashing place at 30 participating public primary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya, by pre-intervention vs. post-intervention status

From: Effect of an equipment-behavior change intervention on handwashing behavior among primary school children in Kenya: the Povu Poa school pilot study

Item

Pre-intervention visits

Post-intervention visits

Post-Intervention, all visits

Post-Intervention Visit 1 (0–5 weeks after intervention)

Post-Intervention Visit 2 (6–19 weeks after intervention)

Post-Intervention Visit 3 (20–25 weeks after intervention)

All schools

Availability of soap and water at the school

(n = 60 school visits)

(n = 60 school visits)

(n = 30 school visits)

(n = 20 school visits)

(n = 10 school visits)

Proportion of school visits during which soap and water was observed at ≥1 handwashing place

1 (1.7%)

25 (41.7%)

17 (56.7%)

4 (25.0%)

4 (40.0%)

Availability of soap and water at the handwashing place a

(n = 139 observations in 60 school visits)

(n = 117 observations in 60 school visits)

(n = 58 observations in 29 school visits)

(n = 40 observations in 20 school visits)

(n = 19 observations in 10 school visits)

None

28 (20.1%)

13 (11.0%)

9 (15.5%)

4 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Water only

89 (64.0%)

22 (18.6%)

9 (15.5%)

13 (32.5%)

0 (0.0%)

Soap only

0 (0.0%)

6 (5.1%)

2 (3.4%)

3 (7.5%)

1 (5.0%)

Both soap and water

1 (0.7%)

41 (34.7%)

29 (50.0%)

5 (12.5%)

7 (35.0%)

Don’t know / Couldn’t observe

21 (15.1%)

36 (30.5%)

9 (15.5%)

15 (37.5%)

12 (60.0%)

PR for having water and soap at handwashing place (vs. other status)*

Having water and soap at HW placea

Ref.

117.00 (16.08, 851.30)

169.65 (21.34, 1348.55)

29.25 (3.21, 266.61)

819.00 (44.4015108.02)

  1. aRemark: Excluded “Couldn’t observe” and “Don’t know”, accounted for clustering by school ID