Household latrine use, maintenance and acceptability in rural Zinder, Niger

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 443-452

  Diallo, Mamadou O ^a,b   Hopkins, Donald R ^a   Kane, Mohamed S ^b   Niandou, Seydou ^b   Amadou, Ali ^b   Kadri, Boubacar ^c   Amza, Abdou ^c   Emerson, Paul M ^a   Zingeser, James A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c National Prevention of Blindness Program   (Niger)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Environmental sanitation; Niger; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; EYE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAINTENANCE; RURAL AREA; SANITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MALE; NIGER; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; NIGER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; ZINDER [NIGER];

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 36248952281     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701633529     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Admassu M, Wubshet M, Tilaye T. 2004. Sanitary survey in Gondar town. Ethiop J Health Dev 18:39-42.
2. Courtright P, Sheppard J, Lane S, Sadek A, Schachter J, Dawson CR. 1991. Latrine ownership as a protective factor in inflammatory trachoma in Egypt. Br J Ophthalmol 75:322-325.
3. Curtis V, Kanki B, Mertens T, Traore E, Diallo I, Tall F, Cousens S. 1995. Potties, pits and pipes: Explaining hygiene behaviour in Burkina Faso. Soc Sci Med 41:383-393.
4. Daniels DL, Cousens SN, Makoae LN, Feachem RG. 1990. A case-control study of the impact of improved sanitation on diarrhoea morbidity in Lesotho. Bull World Health Organ 68:455-463.
5. Dolin PJ, Faal H, Johnson GJ, Minassian D, Sowa S, Day S, Ajewole J, Mohamed AA, Foster A. 1997. Reduction of trachoma in a sub-Saharan village in absence of a disease control programme. Lancet 349:1511-1512.
6. Emerson PM, Bailey RL, Walraven GE, Lindsay SW. 2001. Human and other faeces as breeding media of the trachoma vector Musca sorbens. Med Vet Entomol 15:314-320.
7. Emerson PM, Lindsay SW, Alexander N, Bah M, Dibba SM, Faal HB, Lowe KO, McAdam KP, Ratcliffe AA, Walraven GE, Bailey RL. 2004. Role of flies and provision of latrines in trachoma control: cluster-randomized controlled trial. Lancet 363:1093-1098.
8. Jenkins M. Field note. 2004. Who buys latrines, where and why? Water and sanitation program. Available: http://www.wsp.org/publications/af_latrines.pdf
9. Kiyu A, Hardin S. 1993. Latrine use in rural Sarawak, Malaysia. 1993. Southest Asian J Trop Med Public Health 24l:40-42.
10. Schemann JF, Sacko D, Malvy D, Momo G, Traore L, Bore O, Coulibaly S, Banou A. 2002. Risk factors for trachoma in Mali. Int J Epidemiol 31:194-201.
11. Tielsch JM, West KP Jr, Katz J, Keyvan-Larijani E, Tizazu T, Schwab L, Johnson GJ, Chirambo MC, Taylor HR. 1988. The epidemiology of trachoma in southern Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg 38:393-399.
12. Tumwine J, Thompson J, Katui-Katua M, Mujwahuzi M, Johnstone N, Porras I. 2003. Sanitation and hygiene in urban and rural households in East Africa. Int J Environ Health Res 13:107-115.