Land slide disaster in eastern Uganda: Rapid assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene situation in Bulucheke camp, Bududa district

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Atuyambe, Lynn M ^a   Ediau, Michael ^a   Orach, Christopher G ^a   Musenero, Monica ^b   Bazeyo, William ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISASTER; DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCRETION; LANDSLIDE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANITATION; SOFTWARE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER USE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LANDSLIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STOMACH PAIN; UGANDA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISASTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

MOUNT ELGON; UGANDA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LANDSLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; UGANDA; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955800316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-38     Document Type: Article

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