Skip to main content
. 2018 Oct 8;14(1):1–41. doi: 10.1002/CL2.199
Number ID Description Question Coding
Publication details
1.01 ID Unique study identifier Surname of first author and year of publication Author##
1.02 AUTHOR First author Surname, Initial. Surname, Initial.
1.03 TITLE Full title Full title of paper Open answer
1.04 SHORT_TITLE Short title Short version identifying paper Open answer
1.05 DATE Publication date Year YYYY
1.06 COUNTRY Open answer
1.07 LOCATION Open answer
1.08 REGION Region of study Which region was the study conducted in?

1=East Asia & Pacific (EAP)

2=Latin America & Caribbean (LAC)

3=Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

4=South Asia (SA)

5=Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)

2. Intervention details
2.01 INTERVENTION_TECHNOLOGY WASH technology received by participants Indicate type of WASH technology received

1.1=Water supply: community provision 1.2=Water supply: household provision 1.3=Water supply: at school

1.4=Water supply at health facility

2.1=Water quality: community provision 2.2=Water quality: household provision 2.3=Water quality: at school

2.4=Water quality: at health facility 3.1=Sanitation: latrines for communal use 3.2=Sanitation: latrines for household use 3.3=Sanitation: latrines at school

3.4= Sanitation: latrines at health facility 3.5=Sanitation: safe waste disposal system (e.g. sewer connection/drainage system)

4.1=Hygiene: improved handwashing practices

4.2=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) for household 4.3=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) at school 4.4=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) at health facility 4.5=Hygiene: menstrual care 4.6=Hygiene: other improved practices (incl. face washing)

4.7=Hygiene: combined technologies

5.1=Combined water supply and sanitation (WSS)

5.2=Combined water and hygiene

5.3=Combined sanitation and hygiene

5.4=Combined water, sanitation, and hygiene

2.02 MULTIPLE_TECHNOLOGY Multiple technologies Indicate complete list of all WASH technologies

1.1=Water supply: community provision 1.2=Water supply: household provision 1.3=Water supply: at school

1.4=Water supply at health facility 2.1=Water quality: community provision 2.2=Water quality: household provision 2.3=Water quality: at school

2.4=Water quality: at health facility 3.1=Sanitation: latrines for communal use 3.2=Sanitation: latrines for household use 3.3=Sanitation: latrines at school

3.4= Sanitation: latrines at health facility 3.5=Sanitation: safe waste disposal system (e.g. sewer connection/drainage system)

4.1=Hygiene: improved handwashing practices

4.2=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) for household/community

4.3=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) at school 4.4=Hygiene: handwashing supplies (e.g. soap or hand sanitiser) at health facility 4.5=Hygiene: menstrual care 4.6=Hygiene: other improved practices (incl. face washing)

Indicate NA if 2.03 is not marked 4.7 ‐ 5.4

2.03 INTERVENTION_MECHANISM Mechanism used to encourage/give WASH technology to participants Indicate the mechanism by which the above technology was supplied to the individual/household/facility/community

1=Direct provision

2.1=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): mass media

2.2=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): household/community level

2.3=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): training of trainers (incl. teachers, community leaders, medics)

2.4=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): combined approach

3.1=Psychosocial ‘triggering’: directive (incl. social marketing)

3.2=Psychosocial ‘triggering: participative (incl. CLTS)

4.1=Systems‐based: pricing reform (incl. subsidies and vouchers)

4.2=Systems‐based: improving operator performance (incl. institutional reform, capacity building, operator financing, regulation, and accountability)

4.3=Systems‐based: private sector (PS) and small‐scale independent providers (SSIPs) involvement (incl. contracting out)

4.4=Systems‐based: community driven development (CDD, incl. social funds and community driven development)

5=Multiple mechanisms

2.04 MULIPLE_MECHANISM Multiple mechanisms Indicate all mechanisms used to deliver the technologies and write a brief description of what mechanism is used for what technology

1=Direct provision

2.1=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): mass media

2.2=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): household/community level

2.3=Health messaging (incl. hygiene education): training of trainers (incl. teachers, community leaders, medics)

3.1=Psychosocial ‘triggering’: directive (incl. social marketing)

3.2=Psychosocial ‘triggering: participative (incl. CLTS)

4.1Systems‐based: pricing reform (incl. subsidies and vouchers)

4.2=Systems‐based: improving operator performance (incl. institutional reform, capacity building, operator financing, regulation, and accountability)

4.3=Systems‐based: private sector (PS) and small‐scale independent providers (SSIPs) involvement (incl. contracting out)

4.4=Systems‐based: community driven development (CDD, incl. social funds and community driven development)

Underneath the codes include an open answer description of what mechanism is used for what technology.

Indicate NA if 2.05 is not marked 5

2.05 RURAL Rural setting Is study conducted in a rural area? 1=Yes 2=No
2.06 URBAN Urban setting Is study conducted in an urban or peri‐urban (end of urban) area? 1=Yes 2=No
2.07 SLUM Slum setting Is study conducted in a slum (informal settlement)? 1=Yes 2=No
2.08 REFUGEE Refugee camp setting Is study conducted in a refugee camp? 1=Yes 2=No
2.09 TARGET_GROUP Intervention targeting Which population groups did the intervention target? Open answer (e.g. women, children, elderly, disabled)
3. Study design and data collection
3.01 STUDY_DESIGN Design type Categorise the study design

1.1= Individually randomised controlled trial (RCT)

1.2= Cluster‐RCT

2.1= Quasi‐RCT (e.g. alternation)

2.2= Cluster‐quasi‐RCT

3= RDD (quasi‐experiment with discontinuity assignment)

4= CBA (quasi‐experiment with baseline and endline data collection in intervention and comparison group)

5= Cross‐section study (quasi‐experiment with endline data collection only in intervention and comparison group)

6= Reflexive control (before vs. after with no comparison group)

7= Cohort study

8= Case control study

3.02 STUDY_METHODS Methods of inference What methods are used to identify the treatment effect?

1=DID (difference‐in‐differences or fixed effects analysis)

2=PSM (statistical matching e.g. propensity‐score matching, coarse‐exact matching, propensity‐weighted regression)

3=Instrumental variables (IV)/Heckman selection (including switching regression) models

4=Multivariate regression/covariates‐adjusted analysis (e.g. ANCOVA analysis)

5=Bivariate analysis / comparison of means

4. Impacts
4.01 IMPACT_VARIABLE Impact or final outcome What impacts are reported (code multiple outcomes in additional columns)?

1.1=Morbidity: Diarrhoea

1.2=Morbidity: Accute Respiratory Infections (ARIs)

1.3=Morbidity: Other water related infections (e.g. helminth infections)

1.4=Morbidity: Other health outcomes (e.g. drudgery, pain, musculoskeletal disorders)

1.5=Psycho‐social health (eg happiness)

1.6=Mortality

2.1=Nutrition/anthropometry (eg HAZ, WAZ, BMI)

3.1=Education (eg absenteeism)

3.2=Labour market outcomes (eg employment)

3.3=Safety

3.4=Income/consumption/poverty

4.1=Water quantity consumed/used (water supply behaviour change)

4.2=Water treatment practices (water quality behaviour change)

4.3=Sanitation behaviour (incl. construction of facilities for triggering interventions)

4.4=Hygiene behaviour

4.5=Time use

4.6=Willingness to pay

5=Cos‐benefit analysis