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Potential Studies and Researches

Integration of Household Water Treatment and Handwashing Education with Maternal Health Services in Rural Western Kenya’s Suba District in Nyanza Province. The study will integrate the distribution of hygiene kits with maternal health services to increase delivery in health facilities, postnatal checks, use of WaterGuard to treat water, and ability to demonstrate proper hand-washing technique. The study will seek to determine whether provision of free hygiene kits to mothers at one antenatal visit, after delivery in a health facility, and at postnatal check increases knowledge, attitudes, and practices about water treatment and proper hand washing practices. The study will be collaboration between CDC- Atlanta, KEMRI, SWAP and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation (2011-2012).

Evaluation of the Provision of Hand-washing and Drinking Water Stations on Provider and Patient Knowledge and Practices in Kenya. The evaluation will be conducted through the collaboration and partnership with Church Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) -has an affiliation with over 150 health facilities in that country, UNICEF , Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, SWAP and The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The evaluation will seek to aassess baseline knowledge of water treatment and hand washing practices among current staff and clients of rural health facilities in Kenya affiliated with CHAK, other Faith-Based Organizations, and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation health facility staff members teach clients about safe water and hand washing practices. It will also determine the availability of water treatment products and oral rehydration salts (ORS) in local shops and kiosks and whether hand-washing and drinking water stations are properly maintained and used over time alongside water treatment and hygiene knowledge and practices in clients served by project health facilities (2011-2012).