Follow-up of a low cost latrine promotion programme in one district of Amhara, Ethiopia: Characteristics of early adopters and non-adopters

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1406-1415

  O'Loughlin, Rosalyn ^a   Fentie, Gashu ^b   Flannery, Brendan ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; Ethiopia; Latrines; Millennium Development Goals; Toilet facilities; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; SANITATION; SURVEY DESIGN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SANITATION; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TOILET FACILITIES; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; AMHARA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747880294     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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