The document outlines a campaign to address open defecation and its health impacts in Uttar Pradesh, India. It involves establishing baselines through surveys and testing, implementing education programs targeting women and children, building toilets, and providing incentives. Outcomes will be evaluated through repeated surveys measuring changes in sanitation practices, environmental conditions, and child health indicators like stunting. The goal is to instill new values around sanitation to drive behavioral change through community empowerment and pride.
1. Toilet V.A.L.U.E.E
Campaign
Valuing And Learning to
Use Equipment Effectively
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3. THE ROTTEN TRUTH
• FACTS RELATED TO ISSUE
• GLOBAL BURDEN
• EFFECTS IN INDIA
• HEALTH EFFECTS OF OPEN DEFECATION
4. LINK: STUNTING AND OPEN
DEFECATION
• HUMAN HEIGHT
• CORRELATE OF HEALTH AND PREDICTOR OF
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY
• ASIAN ENIGMA
• PROBLEM REGARDLESS OF
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
• FOOD IS AVAILABLE
PREVALENCE OF STUNTING IN CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS
OF AGE
5. TARGET AREA
• UTTAR PRADESH (UP)
• BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• INTERVENTION AREA:
• HAMIRPUR DISTRICT
• 5 VILLAGES
• SARILLA, KHARELA, MUSKARA,
• JALALPUR, BENWAR
• REPRESENTATIVE POPULATION
6. WASTED RESOURCES
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE?
• CURRENT INTERVENTIONS
• TCS
• PROJECT MARYAADA
• UNICEF
• OUTCOMES
8. CULTURAL ROLE IN CHANGE
• VALUE VS. PRACTICE
• BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
• INSTILL NEW VALUES
• ESTABLISH NEW PRACTICES
9. TOILET VALUEE CAMPAIGN
(VALUING AND LEARNING TO USE EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVELY)
• BASELINE DATA COLLECTION
• EDUCATION/AWARENESS PROJECTS
• IMPROVED SANITATION
• EVALUATE & SPREAD THE CHANGE
MISSION:
INSTILL NEW VALUES TO ELICIT
A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
10. ESTABLISHING PRE-INTERVENTION
BASELINES
• INTERVIEW VILLAGERS
• SOIL AND WATER QUALITY TESTING
• HEALTH SCREENING – CHILDREN
• EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT TSC OUTREACH PROGRAM
• EVALUATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
11. EDUCATION MATTERS
• TARGET POPULATIONS:
• WOMEN
• CHILDREN
• COMMUNITY
“without education, they’ll make little difference”
-Ministry of Drinking water and sanitation
18. MEDIA CAMPAIGN
• BILLBOARDS, FLYERS
• WALL PAINTING
• STREET PLAYS
• RADIO TIE UP WITH RADIO MIRCHI
• TIE UP WITH LOCAL NEWSPAPER
- SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING AND BRANDING
19. INCENTIVES
• MELA – EVERY YEAR ODF BEST VILLAGE
• 1ST MELA CHIEF GUEST VIDYA BALAN (FAMOUS BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS, AND TSC
BRAND AMBASSADOR)
• NIRMAL GRAM PURASKAR
• GLOBAL BRANDING
• PRIDE
• ODOR FREE VILLAGE
• REDUCED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM DIARRHEAL DISEASES
• IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL STATUS, HEIGHT IN CHILDREN
21. 0-2 Months
• Pre Intervention
• Community survey
• Environmental
evaluation
• Health Screenings
• Evaluate local
3-5 Months
• Implement Education
• Weekly women
workshop
• Monthly essay/
painting competition
• Set up billboards and
wall paintings
6-12 Months
• Build in-home toilets
• Whistle program
• Monthly women
workshop
• Incentive: 1st MELA
(village fair) – 1 year
1-3 years
• Bi-Yearly evaluations
• Height , malnutrition,
and usage of toilets
• MELA at the end of 1st ,
nd rd
22. EVALUATION OF SANITATION
• BASELINE ESTABLISHED IN INTERVENTION SURVEY
• REEVALUATE ENVIRONMENT EVERY 6 MONTHS
• CONDITION OF LATRINES, CLEANLINESS OF VILLAGE, SOIL AND WATER TESTS,
ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHANGE
• REEVALUATE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN
• HEIGHT AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS
• 1 YEAR MARK AND THEN EVERY 6 MONTHS
• STUDY DESIGN
• LONGITUDINAL STUDY
• NORMALIZING FOR THE AGE
24. COMPLIANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
• APPEAL TO VALUES
• BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION
• CONVENIENCE
• SENSE OF BELONGING
• ASSURES SAFETY
• TRANSLATE THE RESULTS OF EVALUATION TO PUBLIC
• EVIDENT HEALTH BENEFIT
• COMMUNITY PRIDE
• POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
25. SUMMARY
• BASELINE DATA COLLECTION
• EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
• EMPOWERMENT PROJECTS
• REEVALUATE HEALTH OUTCOMES
• PROGRAM EVALUATION
• SPREAD THE GOOD WORD
26. REFERENCES
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CHANGING
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29. NOT A GENETIC OR GEOGRAPHIC ARTIFACT
• CHILD HEIGHT IS STRONGLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER SQUARE
KILOMETER IN A COUNTRY WHO
PRACTICE OPEN DEFECATION
• THE PRACTICE OF OD IS INVERSELY
PROPORTIONAL TO HEIGHT.
• X-AXIS: LOG OF PEOPLE WHO
DEFECATE OPENLY.
• Y-AXIS: DIFFERENCE FROM MEAN
HEIGHT NORMALIZED AS PER SD
30. GAINING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
• FAMILIARIZE OUR TEAM WITH THE CONTEMPORARY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
• CONSTITUTE A BLUEPRINT THAT ALIGN WITH
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
• INVOLVE THE LOK SABHA (LOWER HOUSE OF
PARLIAMENT) REPRESENTATIVES
31. BUDGET
ITEM REQUEST FUND
0-6 MONTHS 6-12 MONTHS 1-3 YEARS
Pre intervention survey $2,000.00
Screening/Testing $3,000.00 $3,000.00 $9,000.00
Height/nutrition investment $20,000.00 $10,000.00 $30,000.00
Training for education $10,000.00
Hands sannitation
Electronic media $500,000.00
Central reposition $15,000.00 $10,000.00 $25,000.00
Street Play $50,000.00
T-shirts $10,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00
Education material $200,000.00 $100,000.00 $60,000.00
Wall Painting / Bill board $15,000.00
Whistle Program $2,000.00
Village fair (Mela) $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $30,000.00
Evaluation survey $8,000.00
Personnel $60,000.00 $60,000.00 $180,000.00
Cell phone $4,000.00 $2,000.00 $4,000.00
Transportation $20,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00
Electricity $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $6,000.00
Office material $2,000.00 $1,500.00 $1,500.00
Miscellaneous $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $100,000.00
Total $978,000.00 $275,500.00 $473,500.00
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$1,727,000.00
32. PRE INTERVENTION SURVEY
• IDENTIFICATION OF THE FAMILY AND FAMILY MEMBER
• NUMBER OF KIDS UNDER 5 AT HOME.
• DO YOU HAVE A TOILET AT HOME?
• DO YOU USE A LATRINE?
• WHERE DO YOU DEFECATE?
• DO YOU LIKE YOUR WAY OF DEFECATING?
• WHY DO YOU LIKE/PREFER OD?
• IN CASE OF OD, WOULD YOU AVERSE FROM OD IF THERE WAS A TOILET
ATTACHED TO YOUR HOME?
• DO YOU KNOW THAT OD IS HARMFUL TO YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY’S HEALTH?
33. TESTS FOR EVALUATION
• ANTHROPOMETRY
• HEIGHT AND WEIGHT
• HEAD AND CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE
• SKIN ELASTICITY
• COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
• TESTS FOR SPECIFIC MINERALS, AND VITAMIN DEFICIENCY
• SERUM TOTAL PROTEIN, BLOOD ALBUMIN AND LIPIDS
• FREE FOR UNDER 5 YRS CHILDREN AT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS .
• CHILD STOOL PARASITOLOGY
• RANDOM SUBSAMPLE OF 1,150 HOUSEHOLDS & COLLECTED STOOL SPECIMEN FROM A CHILD <5 YRS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. ALL STOOL
SAMPLES WERE PRESERVED IN 10% FORMALIN AND ANALYZED AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES IN UP.
• TEST THE SAMPLES FOR SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHES (ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES, TRICHURIS TRICHIURA, ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE,
AND NECATOR AMERICANUS) AND TAPEWORM HELMINTHES (HYMENOLEPIS NANA, TAENIA SP., DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM).
• A SEPARATE ALIQUOT WAS ANALYZED TO TEST FOR PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS.
Notas del editor
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Today we will be addressing the Roles of Open Defecation and Sanitation as a predictor in the stunting of children in Northern India
Define
OD - is the practice of defecating outside or in public
Villagers defecate in open fields, behind bushes, along roadsides often contaminating soil and water sources
OD is related to cultural practices or lack of infrastructure
Stunting -
Related to chronic malnutrition
Children appear proportional but are shorter than normal for their age
Globally
1 billion people worldwide practice OD
162 million children are stunted due to poor sanitation
India
638 million of the 1 billion individuals practicing open defecation are in India
Highest prevalence of OD in the world accounting (60% of the rate worldwide)
Stunting for children under five is 24.4% for moderate stunting and 32.4% or severe stunting
Health effects
Exposure to fecal bacteria causes chronic illnesses that prevent the body from absorbing nutrients
Leading to malnutrition and ultimately stunted growth
Other outcomes include
increased Morbidity and Mortality
Reduced Intellectual Ability
Reduce reproductive performance
Increased risk for metabolic and cardiovascular disease
99.5% of variation in height among children is explained by OD
The first 2 years of a child’s life are the most important time
long-term health and development.
Map:
India and countries in Africa exhibit an alarming 40% of stunting in children under 5 yrs. Open defecation has been associated with stunting. Africa which faced drought, civil war, plague, HIV has overall lower rates of stunting as compared to South east Asia.
Asian Enigma is an evidence of the association.
•Areas where food programs are implemented, the problem of stunting remains high and the lack of sanitation has been identified as a major contributor, highly in common practice of open defecation
UP:
Contributing significantly to open dedication, accounting for 30% being one of the five districts
only 18.5% of households in rural areas had access to improved sanitation
Worst indicators for improving sanitation measures
Hamirpur District – 5 Villages
District is more than 75% rural – representative of UP as a whole
5 villages combine have a population of about 50,000 people
Geographically ideal – close together, mainly linked by existing roads
Sarilla – operation base (centrally located)
Beliefs
ritually impure
Perceptions
Dark, small, enclosed, dirty, costly
Concern about emptying the waste
Value:
Inform people how to perceive events and analyze new information
Emotionally react to new situations
Practice:
Outward representation of underlying beliefs
Affirm and reinforce values
New Value:
Education/Awareness
New Practice:
Accessibility
Modeling
Healthy Actions
Toilet usage – limiting/eliminating OD
Hand washing with soap – removal of pathogens after usage
Evaluate and Spread the change: Evaluate the results of the intervention, publish them and translate them to the public.
Interview the residents
Door to door approach (5 minutes per household)
20 Questions - Values, barriers, understanding of health impacts
Soil and water quality testing
Collect samples throughout village
Adult work areas, Children play areas, main water source
Test for Fecal contamination
Establish baseline value for future comparison
Health Screening – Children
Age: 0-5
Height and Nutritional Status (malnutrition)
Deficiencies – vitamins, protein, iron, etc.
Screening to take place at local health centers
Evaluation of village’s current TSC outreach program
Facilities – numbers, location, maintenance/cleanliness
establish guideline and rating scale for evaluation
Evaluation of local government
Understanding the community’s response to changes
Culture, religion, values
Populations receptive to education – willingness to change
Women
Motherhood/safety of children and family
Health care decision-makers
Children
- Access to education
- Value flexibility
Quote – in reference to toilets
Workshops:
share, inspire, encourage
Health benefits for toilet use/proper usage and cleaning for individual toilet
Proper hand washing techniques
Family involvement:
Health screening for children when bring in for data collection - height, nutritional status
- Provide Soap products – low income families
Inform:
Sanitation reward program (Nirmal Gram Puraskar)
Government subsidy for in-home toilets
Health benefits:
Risk of practicing OD
Benefits of using toilets
Proper hand washing
Taught to students
Practice
Diagrams in school
Image to take home and share
Healthy Competitions
- Painting and Essay Contests – raise awareness
Pride:
Be proud of your village
Keep it Clean
Healthy competition
Potential Economic Development
New market opportunities
New job opportunities
School children and women provided whistle
Educated to blow their whistle when they see someone OD
12,000 whistles
Goal: Empower the community to self-enforce
Respect for oneself and their environment
Explain cultural element – not offensive in India/accepted
Relate to Behavior Theory
Touched on in education – might need more
Details about providing soap??
Billboards- 10 per village
Wall Paintings 10 per village
Street Plays- at weekly Bazaar day each week 1 village for 6 months
Radio branding during primetime shows
Advertisements in Local Newspapers
Flyers 100,000 distributed during 3-6 months 25k per month 5k every village
FB, Tweeter, Official website to reach people globally
Village Fair is a favorite event and will again serve the purpose of popularizing our campaign among the community.
This Actress is the campaigning ambassador for TSC.
NEED to go into detail about control group and comparisons ***
Appeal to current values
Family
Health (now and next generation)
education
Behavioral intervention
- establish Good Habits
Convenience of in-home and owned toilets
Encourage participation in subsidy program
Sense of Belonging, hence clean
People tend to keep their own toilets clean
Assures safety
Women not wandering alone in early/late
Translate the results of evaluation to public
Evident health benefit
Community PRIDE
Economic development – better facilities
New markets
New jobs
Data Collection
Each circle in this graph is a collapsed round of a Demographic and Health Survey, therefore, each represents one country in one year. The size of the circles is proportionate to the population of the country in that year. For example, the three largest circles at the bottom-right of the graph represent India in 1992, 1998, and 2005 – the three years when India had a DHS survey. One striking fact is that India’s circles fall on the trend line. Indian children are very short by international standards, but are exactly as short as widespread open defecation in India predicts.