Rural China Electric Kettle Promotion Program

NCT03376152 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2016119356
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 6,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the impact of a pilot Rural Electric Kettle Promotion Program offered to low-income households in rural Anhui Province, China. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether this promotion program causes poverty households currently boiling their drinking water with solid-fuels (or drinking untreated water or bottled water) to switch to boiling their drinking water with electric kettles, and if so, how such a switch might improve safe drinking water access and/or reduce household air pollution.

Conditions

Compliant Behavior; Diarrheal Disease; Pollution; Exposure

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in proportion of households using electric kettles for boiling drinking water

  Primary measurement via electricity use meters (Tepsung model 10/16A) affixed to electric kettle power cables for all household who report using electric kettles at each of five visits (based on total KWh consumed per data collection intervals and estimated mean liters boiled per person, per day, per household, by electric kettle type/size). Additional measurement via self-report of electric kettle use (household surveys) and via enumerator direct observations (during visits to households).

  24 months.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Thermotolerant coliforms in household point-of-consumption drinking water

  6 months.

• Diarrhea prevalence

  24 months.

• Particulate matter 2.5 mg/m3 (PM2.5) concentrations

  1 month.

• Prevalence of hand washing with soap

  24 months.

Other Outcomes (1)

• Cough prevalence

  24 months.

Study Arms (2)

Treatment Arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

"Poverty households" invited to attend cluster-level electric kettle promotion events and offered free kettles, information, and promotional materials 450 households in 15 clusters (30 households per cluster)

Behavioral: Electric Kettle Promotion

Control Arm

NO INTERVENTION

450 households in 15 clusters (30 households per cluster)

Interventions

Electric Kettle Promotion BEHAVIORAL

Provision of free electric kettles and promotional materials/information

Treatment Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Persons aged 18 or older will be eligible to provide consent for their households.
• Government classified "poverty households" (poverty classification based on 2016 data/records).

You may not qualify if:

• Persons aged 17 or younger will not be eligible to provide consent for their households.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Berkeley: lead
• National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance (NCRWSTG), China: collaborator
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance，Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Beijing, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cooperative Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Yong Tao, Director

  National Center for Rural Water Supply Technical Guidance

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 28, 2017
• First Posted: December 18, 2017
• Study Start: November 4, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2019
• Study Completion: December 1, 2025
• Last Updated: March 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)