Child defecation and feces management practices in rural Bangladesh: Associations with fecal contamination, observed hand cleanliness and child diarrhea

Child open defecation is common in low-income countries and can lead to fecal exposure in the domestic environment. We assessed associations between child feces management practices vs. measures of contamination and child diarrhea among households with children

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Published in:PloS one 2020-07, Vol.15 (7), p.e0236163
Main Authors: Islam, Mahfuza, Rahman, Mahbubur, Unicomb, Leanne, Kafi, Mohammad Abdullah Heel, Rahman, Mostafizur, Alam, Mahfuja, Sen, Debashis, Islam, Sharmin, Pickering, Amy J, Hubbard, Alan E, Luby, Stephen P, Arnold, Benjamin F, Colford, Jr, John M, Ercumen, Ayse
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bangladesh - epidemiology
Biology and Life Sciences
Caregivers
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood diarrhea
Children
Children & youth
Clinical trials
Contamination
Defecation
Diarrhea
Diarrhea - epidemiology
Diarrhea - microbiology
Drinking water
Drinking Water - microbiology
E coli
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Enrollments
Environmental management
Epidemiology
Exposure
Fecal coliforms
Feces
Feces - microbiology
Female
Hand Hygiene
Hands
Households
Housing
Humans
Infectious diseases
Intervention
Latrines
Male
Management
Medicine and Health Sciences
Pathogens
People and Places
Physiological aspects
Pregnancy
Questionnaires
Reporting
Rural areas
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Sanitation
Seasons
Statistical analysis
Statistical methods
Studies
Water analysis
Water Pollution
Water sampling
Womens health
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Summary:Child open defecation is common in low-income countries and can lead to fecal exposure in the domestic environment. We assessed associations between child feces management practices vs. measures of contamination and child diarrhea among households with children
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0236163