02425nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260003100042653000900073653003000082653000900112653002000121653001000141100001300151700001400164700001100178245013600189856006700325300001400392490000600406520176900412022001402181       2026                            d  c1 - 14bUtafiti Foundation10aWASH10aSchool-based intervention10aNTDs10aSchool children10aKenya1 aOgombo C1 aWanzala M1 aWere T00aEfficacy of Conventional School-Based WASH Sensitisation on common NTDs among Schoolchildren in Bunyala Sub-county, Kenya&lt;/b&gt;  uhttps://utafitionline.com/index.php/jsic/article/view/1866/675  a208 - 2210 v53 a<jats:p>Conventional school-based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sensitisation traditionally relies on a linear, cognitive-driven model which assumes that passive, didactic information delivery through lectures and pamphlets will translate into sustained behavioural modifications. The study was conducted in Bunyala sub-county among pupils in public, day primary schools. A one group pretest-post-test quasi-experimental study design was adopted. A sample size of 125 pupils was arrived at using power formula. Purposive sampling, proportionate sampling and quota sampling techniques were used to select the sub-county and schools, number of pupils in schools and number of pupils by grade and gender respectively. Following the conventional WASH sensitisation, pupils achieved varying knowledge scores. Awareness regarding the causes of Schistosomiasis (SCH) increased by a mean of 0.568 (t(124) = -4.676, p &lt; .001) and Soil-Transmitted Helminthes (STH) by 0.384 (t(124) = -3.038, p =.003), yielding a combined causal knowledge gain of 0.952 (p &lt; .001). For transmission, understanding of SCH improved by a mean of 0.616 (t(124) = -4.416, p &lt; .001), while STH remained stagnant (p =1.000). Nonetheless, combined transmission knowledge increased significantly (mean of 0.616 (t(124) = -3.137, p = .002). Finally, individual prevention scores and overall knowledge on prevention remained static (p = 1.000); this suggests that conventional WASH sensitisation is not effective in disease prevention as it did not result in measurable changes in knowledge on disease prevention. Therefore, public health strategies should move beyond passive information dissemination and invest in active campaigns that are supported by WASH infrastructure.</jats:p>  a2958-454X