Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills?

dc.creatorBriceno, Bertha
dc.creatorBorja-Vega, Christian
dc.creatorGarcia, Vicente
dc.date2015-12-17T23:05:07Z
dc.date2015-12-17T23:05:07Z
dc.date2015-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:50:05Z
dc.descriptionHygiene information and practices play a critical role in preventing diseases, particularly among children. Hygiene behaviors practiced in the household have been linked to development outcomes such as socio-emotional skills. This paper exploits data from impact evaluation surveys of a hygiene information campaign conducted in Senegal, where the randomized design suffered from contamination between comparison groups. The variations in exposure and intensity to hygiene information campaigns captured in the surveys were used to understand contamination biases. Such variations were interacted with the presence of household communication assets to explore potential effects on children’s socio-emotional scores. In the presence of contamination biases, the study exploited the longitudinal sample of children in the surveys to reduce time-dependent biases. For robustness, statistical matching was applied between the impact evaluation surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in 2008 and 2011. Socio-emotional outcomes were the imputed into Demographic and Health surveys to expand sample sizes. By applying matching techniques and imputing outcomes into a larger sample, impacts were non-negligible. Double-difference estimates showed that children’s socio-emotional scores were higher when intervention status was interacted with the presence of communication assets within households. Without the presence of communication assets in the households the impacts were close to zero. Evaluating the effect of hygiene campaigns on children’s socio-emotional skills is challenging because of the biases from contamination that exist when information flows between comparison groups. Targeted hygiene information to the poorest households is relevant for reducing risks of recurrent infections and enables better conditions for socio-emotional development of children.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25247175/can-intense-exposure-hand-washing-hygiene-information-campaigns-affect-childrens-socio-emotional-skills-evidence-senegal
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23433
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7472
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411706
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7472
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectSKILLS
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectINFERENCE
dc.subjectCAREGIVERS
dc.subjectRISKS
dc.subjectWASHING HANDS
dc.subjectPEOPLE
dc.subjectILLITERACY
dc.subjectEARLY LEARNING
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectPREVENTION
dc.subjectHAND WASHING
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectACTIVITIES
dc.subjectBIAS
dc.subjectGROUPS
dc.subjectHEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectSTRATEGIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectHEALTH
dc.subjectWASHING
dc.subjectSAFE WATER
dc.subjectHEALTH PRACTICES
dc.subjectCAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
dc.subjectDISINFECTION
dc.subjectSOAP
dc.subjectLANGUAGE
dc.subjectATTRIBUTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectHYGIENE PRACTICES
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPERSONAL HYGIENE
dc.subjectIMAGINATION
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectHYGIENE BEHAVIORS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SKILLS
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectHEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subjectABILITY
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectLEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectMATURATION
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectCHILD DISEASES
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES
dc.subjectRECALL
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNEWSPAPERS
dc.subjectHEALTH PROMOTION
dc.subjectDISEASE INCIDENCE
dc.subjectCOGNITION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectHYGIENE HABITS
dc.subjectINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectHYGIENE BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectBELIEFS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSTUDY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectBASIC HYGIENE
dc.subjectSCIENCE
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectEMPATHY
dc.subjectHABITS
dc.subjectINFLUENZA
dc.subjectVALUES
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectHANDS WITH SOAP
dc.subjectPARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCONTROL GROUPS
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL CHANGE
dc.subjectAGE
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectWATER SANITATION
dc.subjectCOMPETENCE
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectHYGIENE PROMOTION
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEFFORT
dc.subjectCAMPAIGNS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectHEALTH BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectSPEECH
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ABILITY
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.subjectHANDWASHING
dc.subjectMOTOR SKILLS
dc.subjectINTERNET
dc.subjectRISK FACTORS
dc.subjectWEIGHT
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectEDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subjectUNDERSTANDING
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectSKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectINVESTMENT
dc.subjectPLAYING
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectHYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectEXPERIENCE
dc.subjectINFANTS
dc.subjectATTENTION
dc.subjectCHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINTERACTIONS
dc.subjectAGE COHORT
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION
dc.subjectQUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectSTRATEGY
dc.subjectPOOR HYGIENE
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectMEMORY
dc.subjectINFANCY
dc.subjectINTESTINAL PARASITES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION SKILLS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION DISORDERS
dc.subjectHEALTH AND HYGIENE
dc.subjectWATER DISINFECTION
dc.subjectBEHAVIOR CHANGE
dc.subjectIMPLEMENTATION
dc.subjectHABIT FORMATION
dc.subjectCONTAMINATION
dc.titleCan Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills?
dc.titleEvidence from Senegal
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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