Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: A cluster-randomized trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 380-391

  Freeman, Matthew C ^a,b   Greene, Leslie E ^a   Dreibelbis, Robert ^a,c   Saboori, Shadi ^a   Muga, Richard ^d   Brumback, Babette ^e   Rheingans, Richard ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hygiene; Sanitation; Sanitation and hygiene; School; Water; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH POLICY; HYGIENE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SANITATION; STUDENT; VIOLENCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SANITATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; VIOLENCE; WATER PURIFICATION;

KENYA; NYANZA;

EID: 84857370674     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02927.x     Document Type: Article

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