Association of access to water, sanitation and handwashing facilities with undernutrition of children below 5 years of age in Bangladesh: evidence from two population-based, nationally representative surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between household access to water, sanitation and handwashing (WaSH) facilities and child undernutrition in Bangladesh.

Design, setting and participants

Cross-sectional study of children less than 5 years using data collected from the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and the 2017-2018 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS).

Outcome measures

Stunting, wasting and underweight, defined as a Z-score <-2 SD for height-for-age, weight-for-height and weight-for-age, respectively. We applied hierarchical multiple binary logistic regression models.

Results

Among 30 514 children 0-59 months, there was a high prevalence of child undernutrition (MICS: 28.0% stunted, 9.8% wasted, 22.6% underweight; BDHS: 30.8% stunt

SUBMITTER: Hasan MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10255141 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature