Hygiene and sanitation practices amongst residents of three long-term refugee camps in Thailand, Ethiopia and Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1133-1141

  Biran, Adam ^a   Schmidt, Wolf Peter ^a   Zeleke, Lemlem ^b   Emukule, Haron ^b   Khay, Hla ^b   Parker, Julian ^b   Peprah, Dorothy ^c  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handwashing; Hygiene; Refugees; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ALGORITHM; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DEFECATION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYGIENE; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RANDOM WALK METHOD; REFUGEE; SANITATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEFECATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KENYA; LAUNDRY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; THAILAND; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SOAPS; THAILAND; TOILET FACILITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA; KENYA; THAILAND;

EID: 84865562095     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03045.x     Document Type: Article

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