Exploring Household Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene and Acute Diarrhea among Children in St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Basic sanitation, safe drinking water, and proper hygiene practice may lessen the burden of waterborne illnesses and neglected tropical diseases. The current study sought, for the first time, to evaluate household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices and acute diarrhea among children under 5 years of age and their associated factors on St. Martin's Island. Two hundred one households with at least one child aged under 5 years were interviewed using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire designed according to UNICEF/WHO Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene 2019 and on-the-spot observations. Multiple logistic regression analyses investigated the association between potential sociodemographic characteristics, WASH components, and acute diarrhea. Almo

SUBMITTER: Jubayer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9393463 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature