Child-sensitive water, sanitation, and hygiene composite score and its association with child nutritional outcomes in St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to outline water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices for children under 5 years of age among the households of St. Martin's Island as well as examine the role of water, sanitation, and hygiene on child nutritional outcomes.

Methods

A total of 256 children under 5 years of age were anthropometrically measured, and multiple linear regression was performed to understand the relationship between combined water, sanitation, and hygiene score and child nutritional outcomes: height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-height z-scores.

Results

The majority of the sampled households had improved drinking water facilities. Over one-third of the participants (36.5%) did not have access to better sanitation, and 12.4% reported defecating in

SUBMITTER: Jubayer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9118900 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature