Rural China Electric Kettle Promotion Program

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Electric Kettle Promotion: Provision of free electric kettles and promotional materials/information

Study 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.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in proportion of households using electric kettles for boiling drinking water — 24 months.
  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).

Trial sites (1)