Wash’Em Toolkit

The Wash’Em Programme Designer software is developed by behavioral scientists. The process was designed through systematic literature reviews on handwashing and behavioral theories, and practitioner experience.

The software is directed by each response to the questionnaire whether to provide a recommendation to the context. The 5 rapid assessment tools were developed based on extended mixed-methods research crisis-affected settings. Following testing, adjustment, and improvement in over 30 emergency responses, the process is now in its third iteration.

The Wash’Em process produces handwashing programs specific to the implementing context. This process is generated as follows:

1. Learn about the target community: guides and worksheets that can be downloaded to help assess the community context through rapid assessments. Training resources which include slides, lesson plans, and training activities can be downloaded to support this process. This can take 1 to 2 days to complete.
2. Rapid Assessments: a minimum of 6 people should be present to help with the data collection, which can take 2 to 3 days to complete. The 5 rapid assessments include handwashing demonstrations, motives, personal histories, disease perception, and touchpoints.
3. Data entry: data from the Rapid Assessments is entered into the program designer software.
4. Context-specific hygiene program recommendations: 80+ handwashing promotion activities are generated with step-by-step instructions to aid integration into hygiene programs.

The program is designed to run on any modern web browser on a computer, laptop, or tablet.

Technical support is provided by the Wash’Em team.

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The designer states the Wash’Em process was tested by 45 different organizations in more than 30 emergency responses in the first year of its release.

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