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’ will design 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 seven years of age. Two innovative approaches - RANAS (risks, attitudes, norms, abilities, self-regulation) and User Centred Design - will be used to inform the design and evaluation of an effective CFM behaviour change intervention. USAID supports the model development through Tetra Tech's WASHPaLS initiative while Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports 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
80 villages
REGION
Ganjam, Gajapati in Odisha
PROJECT STATUS
Ongoing
TIMELINE
June 2019 to Present
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