Effects of neighbourhood and household sanitation conditions on diarrhea morbidity: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Sanitation in neighbourhood and household domains can provide primary protection against diarrhea morbidity, yet their distinct health benefits have not been succinctly distinguished and reviewed. We present here the first systematic review and meta-analysis of the distinct effect of neighbourhood and household sanitation conditions on diarrhea morbidity. We identified studies reporting the effect of neighbourhood-level exposure to wastewater or household sanitation facilities on diarrhea, by performing comprehensive search on five databases, namely the Cochrane library, PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science, from the earliest date available to February 2015. Twenty-one non-randomized studies and one randomized controlled trial met the pre-determined inclusion criteria, consisting of s

SUBMITTER: Jung YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351971 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature