Our research team designed WASHmobile, an innovative mobile health (mHealth) program that promotes WASH behaviors among diarrhea patient households and those at high risk for diarrhea outbreaks (“PICHA7” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and “CHoBI7” in Bangladesh).
Randomized Controlled Trial of Cholera Hospital-Intervention for 7 Days (CHoBI7) to Reduce Cholera
RCT, Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
CHoBI7 program family with handwashing station and soapy water bottle.
Formative research for the design of a scalable water, sanitation, and hygiene mobile health program: CHoBI7 mobile health program (WASHmobile)
Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
Dr. Chobi at the healthcare facility demonstrating mobile messages.
Formative research to scale up a handwashing with soap and water treatment intervention for household members of diarrhea patients in health facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh (WASHmobile)
Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
CHoBI7 program officer talking about the program with the family of a cholera patient.
Effects of a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Mobile Health Program on Diarrhea and Child Growth in Bangladesh: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the CHoBI7 Mobile Health Program (WASHmobile)
RCT, Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
CHoBI7 program family listening to a message from Dr. Chobi.
Formative Research for the Development of Evidence-Based Targeted Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Reduce Cholera in Hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: PICHA7 Program (WASHmobile)
Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (urban site)
Mother teaching her child how to wash hands using the PICHA7 handwashing station and soapy water bottle.
Formative Research for the Development of the CHoBI7 Cholera Rapid Response Program for Cholera Hotspots in Bangladesh (WASHmobile)
Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
CHoBI7 program delivery to neighbors of a cholera patient household.
Randomized Controlled Trial of the CHoBI7 Cholera Rapid Response Program to Reduce Diarrheal Diseases in Bangladesh (WASHmobile)
RCT, Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
Cholera patient family members and neighbors listen to a CHoBI7 health promoter.
Randomized Controlled Trial of the PICHA7 Mobile Health (mHealth) Program (WASHmobile)
RCT, Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (urban site)
Dr. Picha in the healthcare facility with a diarrhea patient family.
Formative Research for Adapting the CHoBI7 Water Treatment and Hygiene Mobile Health Program for Scalable Delivery in Rural Bangladesh (WASHmobile)
Manikganj, Bangladesh (rural site)
CHoBI7 Scale Up household member using a self-made handwashing station.
Randomized Controlled Trial of the CHoBI7 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Case Area Targeted Intervention (CATI)
RCT, Dhaka, Bangladesh (urban site)
Health promoter delivers CHoBI7 WASHmobile intervention to households surrounding a diarrhea patient household.
Testing a Scalable Model of CHoBI7: Randomized Controlled Trial of the CHoBI7 mHealth Program
RCT, Manikganj District in Bangladesh (rural site)
Self-made handwashing station constructed by a program household with soapy water bottle.
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