Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) research has long relied on household surveys to gather knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) data with local enumerators or community correspondents (CCs). However, CCs must be trained to build capacity and ensure representative survey responses. Here, we use a case study in low-income, informal communities from New Delhi, India to assess the value of structured training for individuals who lead the gathering of KAP data (CC leaders, CCLs) on WaSH and antibiotic resistance. Feedback from CCLs showed that directed training increased their motivation, confidence, and technical competence and provided them skills that enhanced data collection. Training further strengthened relationships and empowered our local community-based organisation (CBO), expanding their role beyond being an implementing partner. Empowerment led to new insights, such as evident problems with communications between local doctors and community dwellers. Only three of 38 focus group attendees knew what an antibiotic was, apparently because they were never told. Overall, this work shows that interviewer training has many trickle-down benefits, improving the quality of data, building confidence in field teams, and empowering local CBOs, but most importantly, by increasing knowledge among community dwellers, such that they also might be empowered.

水、环境卫生和个人卫生 (WaSH) 研究长期以来一直依靠住户调查来收集当地调查员或社区通讯员 (CC) 的知识、态度和实践 (KAP) 数据。但是，必须对 CC 进行培训以进行能力建设并确保调查答复具有代表性。在这里，我们使用来自印度新德里的低收入、非正式社区的案例研究来评估结构化培训对领导收集有关 WaSH 和抗生素耐药性的 KAP 数据（CC 领导，CCL）的个人的价值。来自 CCL 的反馈表明，定向培训提高了他们的动力、信心和技术能力，并为他们提供了增强数据收集的技能。培训进一步加强了关系并增强了我们当地社区组织 (CBO) 的能力，将他们的角色扩展到了执行合作伙伴之外。赋权带来了新的见解，例如当地医生和社区居民之间的沟通存在明显问题。38 名焦点小组参与者中只有 3 人知道抗生素是什么，显然是因为他们从未被告知。总体而言，这项工作表明，访谈员培训具有许多涓滴效益，可提高数据质量，建立对现场团队的信心，并赋予当地 CBO 权力，但最重要的是，通过增加社区居民的知识，使他们也可能获得授权.