Hygiene Promotion - IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

which enable community men and women to install and sustain improved water andsanitation facilities contribute to better hygiene. However, installation, use andmaintenance alone seldom reduce all risky practices. Additional hygiene promotionremains needed.SCORE 1 point for TRUEQuestion 9Many different agencies, including engineering agencies, and male and femaleprofessionals with many different professional backgrounds can practice hygienepromotion as long as they acquire the required expertise. Institutionally, the most importantare a sufficiently long commitment, dedicated and skilled teams, participatory and genderand poverty sensitive strategies, a team approach with staff involved in water supplyand/or sanitation, and clear and measurable objectives which relate to the amount of timeand resources available.SCORE 1 point for FALSEQuestion 10A behavioral change study is best as it focuses on the actual goal of hygiene promotion:fewer risky and more healthy practices. Moreover, both baseline and follow-upmeasurements can be done together with the target groups. The joint outcome analysisand the planning, implementing and evaluating of follow-up action help promote progress.Health impact studies only make sense after a sufficient proportion of women, men andchildren have adopted a sufficient number of good practices over a sufficiently long time.Impact studies are also not easy to carry out. KAP studies measure also Knowledge andAttitudes. However, only the Practices directly influence people ’s health. When knowledgeimproves, practices and attitudes do not necessarily improve as well. People may havetheir own good reasons not to change, if the new practice is inconvenient or unaffordable.SCORE 1 point for CTOTAL SCOREIs your total score less than 3?Then hygiene promotion may be a new subject for you or a subject in which you may wantto update your knowledge.Is your total score between 4 and 6?Congratulations! You are quite knowledgeable, but may want to familiarize yourself withmore recent facts and/or insights.Is your score between 7 and 9?You are an experienced colleague and much of the contents of this paper is likely to befamiliar. You may, however, like to read about the experiences of others and add yourown.Is your score 10?70 Hygiene promotion