Contextual and psychosocial factors influencing caregiver safe disposal of child feces and child latrine training in rural Odisha, India.

ABSTRACT: Child feces are an important source of fecal exposure in household environments. Typically, one of two behaviors is necessary to mitigate this risk: either caregivers dispose of their children's feces into a latrine or children learn how to use a latrine. Although past studies have examined factors associated with these two behaviors collectively (i.e. "safe disposal"), there is a need to separately analyze these distinctive practices to better inform programming. This study aims to quantitatively examine contextual and psychosocial factors influencing caregiver safe disposal and, separately, child latrine training. We surveyed 791 primary female caregivers, who reported on 906 children <5 years old, across 74 villages in rural Odisha, India. At their last defecation event, 38% of children

SUBMITTER: Sclar GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462565 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature