Domains of transmission and association of community, school, and household sanitation with soil-transmitted helminth infections among children in coastal Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Few studies have simultaneously examined the role of sanitation conditions at the home, school, and community on soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection. We examined the contribution of each domain that children inhabit (home, village, and school) to STH infection and estimated the association of STH infection with sanitation in each domain.

Methods

Using data from 4,104 children from Kwale County, Kenya, who reported attending school, we used logistic regression models with cross-classified random effects to calculate measures of general contextual effects and estimate associations of village sanitation coverage (percentage of households with reported access to sanitation), school sanitation coverage (number of usable toilets per enrolled pupil), and sanitati

SUBMITTER: Oswald WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6901232 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature