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

Hygiene 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 da...

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Main Authors: Borja-Vega, Christian, Briceno, Bertha, Garcia, Vicente
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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AGE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25247175/can-intense-exposure-hand-washing-hygiene-information-campaigns-affect-childrens-socio-emotional-skills-evidence-senegal
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topic SKILLS
SANITATION
WATER QUALITY
CHILD HEALTH
INFERENCE
CAREGIVERS
RISKS
WASHING HANDS
PEOPLE
ILLITERACY
EARLY LEARNING
SCHOOLING
PREVENTION
HAND WASHING
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
BIAS
GROUPS
HEALTH EDUCATION
STRATEGIES
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
HEALTH
WASHING
SAFE WATER
HEALTH PRACTICES
CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
DISINFECTION
SOAP
LANGUAGE
ATTRIBUTION
PUBLIC HEALTH
HYGIENE PRACTICES
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
PERSONAL HYGIENE
IMAGINATION
IRON
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HYGIENE BEHAVIORS
SOCIAL SKILLS
INTERVENTION
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
HEALTH INDICATORS
ABILITY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
MATURATION
LEARNING
CHILD DISEASES
COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
RECALL
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
NEWSPAPERS
HEALTH PROMOTION
DISEASE INCIDENCE
COGNITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
HYGIENE HABITS
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
BELIEFS
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
STUDY
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
WORKERS
BASIC HYGIENE
SCIENCE
AGED
EMPATHY
HABITS
INFLUENZA
VALUES
SCHOOLS
HANDS WITH SOAP
PARTICIPATION
CONTROL GROUPS
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
AGE
CHILDHOOD
HEALTH POLICY
WATER SANITATION
COMPETENCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
DIARRHEA
HYGIENE PROMOTION
HYGIENE
ACHIEVEMENT
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EFFORT
CAMPAIGNS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
HEALTH BEHAVIOR
MEASUREMENT
SPEECH
NUTRITION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
YOUNG CHILDREN
HANDWASHING
MOTOR SKILLS
INTERNET
RISK FACTORS
WEIGHT
PERCEPTION
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
DRINKING WATER
INVESTMENT
PLAYING
RURAL AREAS
CLEAN WATER
HYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAMS
EXPERIENCE
INFANTS
ATTENTION
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
INTERACTIONS
AGE COHORT
COMMUNICATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
INTERVENTIONS
STRATEGY
POOR HYGIENE
FAMILIES
WOMEN
MEMORY
INFANCY
INTESTINAL PARASITES
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
WATER DISINFECTION
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
IMPLEMENTATION
HABIT FORMATION
CONTAMINATION
spellingShingle SKILLS
SANITATION
WATER QUALITY
CHILD HEALTH
INFERENCE
CAREGIVERS
RISKS
WASHING HANDS
PEOPLE
ILLITERACY
EARLY LEARNING
SCHOOLING
PREVENTION
HAND WASHING
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
BIAS
GROUPS
HEALTH EDUCATION
STRATEGIES
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
HEALTH
WASHING
SAFE WATER
HEALTH PRACTICES
CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
DISINFECTION
SOAP
LANGUAGE
ATTRIBUTION
PUBLIC HEALTH
HYGIENE PRACTICES
LITERACY
KNOWLEDGE
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
PERSONAL HYGIENE
IMAGINATION
IRON
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
HYGIENE BEHAVIORS
SOCIAL SKILLS
INTERVENTION
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
HEALTH INDICATORS
ABILITY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
MARKETING
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
MATURATION
LEARNING
CHILD DISEASES
COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
RECALL
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
NEWSPAPERS
HEALTH PROMOTION
DISEASE INCIDENCE
COGNITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
HYGIENE HABITS
INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS
HYGIENE BEHAVIOR
BELIEFS
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
STUDY
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES
WORKERS
BASIC HYGIENE
SCIENCE
AGED
EMPATHY
HABITS
INFLUENZA
VALUES
SCHOOLS
HANDS WITH SOAP
PARTICIPATION
CONTROL GROUPS
BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
AGE
CHILDHOOD
HEALTH POLICY
WATER SANITATION
COMPETENCE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
DIARRHEA
HYGIENE PROMOTION
HYGIENE
ACHIEVEMENT
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EFFORT
CAMPAIGNS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
HEALTH BEHAVIOR
MEASUREMENT
SPEECH
NUTRITION
COGNITIVE ABILITY
YOUNG CHILDREN
HANDWASHING
MOTOR SKILLS
INTERNET
RISK FACTORS
WEIGHT
PERCEPTION
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
COGNITIVE SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING
CHILDREN
EDUCATION
SKILL DEVELOPMENT
DRINKING WATER
INVESTMENT
PLAYING
RURAL AREAS
CLEAN WATER
HYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAMS
EXPERIENCE
INFANTS
ATTENTION
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
INTERACTIONS
AGE COHORT
COMMUNICATION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
INTERVENTIONS
STRATEGY
POOR HYGIENE
FAMILIES
WOMEN
MEMORY
INFANCY
INTESTINAL PARASITES
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
WATER DISINFECTION
BEHAVIOR CHANGE
IMPLEMENTATION
HABIT FORMATION
CONTAMINATION
Borja-Vega, Christian
Briceno, Bertha
Garcia, Vicente
Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
geographic_facet Africa
Senegal
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7472
description Hygiene 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.
format Working Paper
author Borja-Vega, Christian
Briceno, Bertha
Garcia, Vicente
author_facet Borja-Vega, Christian
Briceno, Bertha
Garcia, Vicente
author_sort Borja-Vega, Christian
title Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
title_short Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
title_full Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
title_fullStr Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
title_full_unstemmed Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal
title_sort can intense exposure to hand-washing and hygiene information campaigns affect children's socio-emotional skills? : evidence from senegal
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25247175/can-intense-exposure-hand-washing-hygiene-information-campaigns-affect-childrens-socio-emotional-skills-evidence-senegal
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spelling okr-10986-234332021-04-23T14:04:15Z Can Intense Exposure to Hand-Washing and Hygiene Information Campaigns Affect Children's Socio-Emotional Skills? : Evidence from Senegal Borja-Vega, Christian Briceno, Bertha Garcia, Vicente SKILLS SANITATION WATER QUALITY CHILD HEALTH INFERENCE CAREGIVERS RISKS WASHING HANDS PEOPLE ILLITERACY EARLY LEARNING SCHOOLING PREVENTION HAND WASHING EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES BIAS GROUPS HEALTH EDUCATION STRATEGIES SOCIAL BEHAVIOR HEALTH WASHING SAFE WATER HEALTH PRACTICES CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION DISINFECTION SOAP LANGUAGE ATTRIBUTION PUBLIC HEALTH HYGIENE PRACTICES LITERACY KNOWLEDGE COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL HYGIENE IMAGINATION IRON INFECTIOUS DISEASES HYGIENE BEHAVIORS SOCIAL SKILLS INTERVENTION ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT HEALTH INDICATORS ABILITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT MARKETING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MATURATION LEARNING CHILD DISEASES COGNITIVE OUTCOMES RECALL MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY NEWSPAPERS HEALTH PROMOTION DISEASE INCIDENCE COGNITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS HYGIENE HABITS INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS HYGIENE BEHAVIOR BELIEFS EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDY DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES WORKERS BASIC HYGIENE SCIENCE AGED EMPATHY HABITS INFLUENZA VALUES SCHOOLS HANDS WITH SOAP PARTICIPATION CONTROL GROUPS BEHAVIORAL CHANGE AGE CHILDHOOD HEALTH POLICY WATER SANITATION COMPETENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES DIARRHEA HYGIENE PROMOTION HYGIENE ACHIEVEMENT EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORT CAMPAIGNS EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENT SPEECH NUTRITION COGNITIVE ABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN HANDWASHING MOTOR SKILLS INTERNET RISK FACTORS WEIGHT PERCEPTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS COGNITIVE SKILLS UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN EDUCATION SKILL DEVELOPMENT DRINKING WATER INVESTMENT PLAYING RURAL AREAS CLEAN WATER HYGIENE PROMOTION PROGRAMS EXPERIENCE INFANTS ATTENTION CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT INTERACTIONS AGE COHORT COMMUNICATION QUALITY ASSURANCE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS INTERVENTIONS STRATEGY POOR HYGIENE FAMILIES WOMEN MEMORY INFANCY INTESTINAL PARASITES COMMUNICATION SKILLS COMMUNICATION DISORDERS HEALTH AND HYGIENE WATER DISINFECTION BEHAVIOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION HABIT FORMATION CONTAMINATION Hygiene 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. 2015-12-17T23:05:07Z 2015-12-17T23:05:07Z 2015-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25247175/can-intense-exposure-hand-washing-hygiene-information-campaigns-affect-childrens-socio-emotional-skills-evidence-senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23433 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7472 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Senegal