Star Homes Project 2
Star Homes - Better Health Through Better Housing: Phase 2 House Evaluation
University of Oxford
2,750 participants
Jan 4, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea causes a lot of illness in children in Tanzania and the study want to find better ways of protecting people against these diseases and want to find out if the type of house design can affect the general health of children living in the house.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria11
- Main study
- Children, aged under 13 years old, male or female
- Residing in a study village for at least 3 years
- Parents/guardian is willing and able to give written informed consent for the child to participate in the baseline and end-of study evaluation and the surveillance for malaria, respiratory tract infection and diarrhoeal disease.
- Additionally, children 10, 11, and 12 years of age provide assent to participate.
- Ancillary studies
- Head of a household or other family member of a household that is taking part in the main study
- years and above
- Consent to take part in the main study
- Residing and live in the village for 3 years or more
- Live in the intervention or comparison houses or a trusted community member (community leaders, medical officer and community health worker)
Exclusion Criteria9
- Main study
- Any participant who refuses, or in the case of children whose parents/guardian refuses, to participate in the study.
- Any child who is between 10 and 12 years who refuses to provide assent
- If the family plans for moving to other village during the study period
- Parents/guardians have mental health problems
- Ancillary studies
- Under 18 years
- Not provide consent
- Not living in the study village for 3 years or more
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Interventions
110 identical novel-designed houses, known as Star Homes, include the critical structural components e.g. building orientated to provide optimal shading throughout the day, light-weight \& durable roof, facade and openings screened from insects to reduce insect entry while assuring airflow, an outdoor fly-proof latrine, and solar power providing electric light at night etc.
A traditional mud house: with wattle and daub walls, a thatched roof, and no electricity or piped water supply.
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NCT04529434