Rapid assessment procedures in formative research for a communication intervention on water-related hygiene behaviours

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Methods The study site was Santa María de Jesús, a Cakchiquel Indian community of 11,000 people on the slopes of Agua volcano. The sample for the first phase of the study consisted of 200 mothers with children under three years of age who had water taps and latrines in their homes; it was expanded to 300 mothers with such characteristics for the intervention phase. For the qualitative research, 40 mothers with children with a high frequency of diarrhoea and hygiene behaviour categories were selected. This purposive sample, with emphasis on both positive and negative morbidity patterns and behaviours, was expected to offer the greatest insights into the themes of interest.“Rapid assessment procedures” implies a judicious combination of anthropological and other qualitative research techniques to obtain in-depth answers about beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, motivations, and behaviours of people. The …

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1994

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