Dataset for behaviour-microbiology studies of face washing techniques for trachoma control: a pilot study within the Stronger SAFE project

Stronger-SAFE is a five-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust that will increase our understanding of how trachoma is transmitted, leading to the development and testing of new, more effective interventions and treatment approaches The behaviour-microbiology studies sought to inform the target behaviour we should promote during our face washing intervention. In order to determine how best to promote face washing with soap to maximise interruption of Chlamydia trachomatis transmission, we assessed how effectively ocular and nasal discharge were removed from children's faces following washing with water or with water and soap. We also studied how long it took for ocular and nasal discharge to return to children's faces after washing. The dataset can be found here. The results of this pilot study can be found in our AJTMH paper (Czerniewska et al.) entitled "Comparison of face washing and face wiping methods for trachoma control: a pilot study".

Stronger-SAFE是一项由威康信托基金（Wellcome Trust）资助的五年期研究项目，旨在加深我们对沙眼（trachoma）传播机制的理解，进而开发并测试新型、更高效的干预措施与治疗方案。本研究中的行为-微生物学研究旨在明确洗脸干预措施中应推广的目标行为。为确定如何最优推广肥皂洗脸方案以最大限度阻断沙眼衣原体（Chlamydia trachomatis）的传播，我们评估了仅用水清洗以及用水与肥皂清洗后，儿童面部眼部分泌物与鼻腔分泌物的清除效果。我们同时研究了儿童完成洗脸操作后，眼鼻分泌物再次附着于面部所需的时长。本数据集可在此处获取。该预实验的研究结果已发表于《美国热带医学与卫生杂志》（American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene，AJTMH）的论文（Czerniewska等），论文标题为《用于沙眼防控的洗脸与擦脸方法对比：一项预实验》。