全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Within-Compound Versus Public Latrine Access and Child Feces Disposal Practices in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana

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来源类型	Publication
	Within-Compound Versus Public Latrine Access and Child Feces Disposal Practices in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana
	Rebecca Lyn Ritter; Dorothy Peprah; Clair Null; Christine L. Moe; George Armah; Joseph Ampofo; Nii Wellington; Habib Yakubu; Katharine Robb; Amy E. Kirby; Yuke Wang; Katherine Roguski; Heather Reese; Chantal A. Agbemabiese; Lady Asantewa B. Adomako; Matthew C. Freeman; Kelly K. Baker
发表日期	2018-05-09
出版者	The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 98, no. 5
出版年	2018
语种	英语
概述	In crowded urban settlements in low-income countries, many households rely on shared sanitation facilities. ",
摘要	In crowded urban settlements in low-income countries, many households rely on shared sanitation facilities. Shared facilities are not currently considered “improved sanitation” because of concerns about whether hygiene conditions sufficiently protect users from the feces of others. Prevention of fecal exposure at a latrine is only one aspect of sanitary safety. Ensuring consistent use of latrines for feces disposal, especially child feces, is required to reduce fecal contamination in households and communities. Household crowding and shared latrine access are correlated in these settings, rendering latrine use by neighbors sharing communal living areas as critically important for protecting one’s own household. This study in Accra, Ghana, found that household access to a within-compound basic latrine was associated with higher latrine use by children of ages 5–12 years and for disposal of feces of children < 5 years, compared with households using public latrines. However, within-compound access was not associated with improved child feces disposal by other caregivers in the compound. Feces was rarely observed in household compounds but was observed more often in compounds with latrines versus compounds relying on public latrines. Escherichia coli and human adenovirus were detected frequently on household surfaces, but concentrations did not differ when compared by latrine access or usage practices. The differences in latrine use for households sharing within-compound versus public latrines in Accra suggest that disaggregated shared sanitation categories may be useful in monitoring global progress in sanitation coverage. However, compound access did not completely ensure that households were protected from feces and microbial contamination.
URL	https://www.mathematica.org/our-publications-and-findings/publications/within-compound-versus-public-latrine-access-and-child-feces-disposal-practices-in-low-income
来源智库	Mathematica Policy Research (United States)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/489243
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rebecca Lyn Ritter,Dorothy Peprah,Clair Null,et al. Within-Compound Versus Public Latrine Access and Child Feces Disposal Practices in Low-Income Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana. 2018.