Dr. Jade Benjamin-Chung and Dr. Jack Colford participated in the WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) benefits trials, conducted in Bangladesh and in Kenya. In this second part of the interview, you will learn about the potential sources of bias and confounding, the analysis of the trials, and what the trials found.

UC Berkeley Online MPH Epidemiology

Episode 5 – WASH Benefits Study: Effects of water quality, sanitation, hand-washing, and nutritional interventions on diarrhea and child growth in rural Bangladesh and Kenya, Part 2

In this podcast, Dr. Jade Benjamin-Chung and Dr. Jack Colford, interview Epidemiologists on studies they have conducted. These interviews are all focused on articles we assigned as readings of case studies and are also featured in problem set questions. These interviews provide students with an opportunity to learn about why certain studies were conducted, why a particular design was used, what the researcher’s main concerns were about the study, and how the study’s findings influenced policy and public health practice.

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