Table 1.

Likert scale questions for the targeted practices.

Practices	Questions	Answer Format
Hand washing before child feeding/eating	Before you feed your child food (e.g., porridge), how often do you wash your hands with soap and water?	Never Seldom Sometimes Often Very often
Hand washing after using the toilet	After you defecate, how often do you wash your hands with soap and water?
Hand washing before food preparation	Before you prepare food, how often do you wash your hands with soap and water?
Hand washing after cleaning child’s bottom	After cleaning child’s bottom, how often do you wash your hands with soap and water?
Washing kitchen utensils with soap	Before you use kitchen utensils, how often do you wash them with soap and water?
Keeping kitchen utensils on elevated place	Do you keep your kitchen utensils on an elevated place?	Not at all Somewhat Rather Quite a lot Very much
Reheating of left-over food	Do you reheat left over food before being consumed?
Feeding of child by the caregiver	Do you feed your child main meals (e.g., lunch and breakfast)?