Sanitation facilities in Kampala slums, Uganda: Users' satisfaction and determinant factors

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 191-204

  Tumwebaze, Innocent Kamara ^a   Orach, Christopher Garimoi ^b   Niwagaba, Charles ^b   Luthi, Christoph ^c   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

access; sanitation facilities; satisfaction; slums; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SANITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; SANITATION; SATISFACTION; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION; TOILET FACILITIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

EID: 84877654455     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.713095     Document Type: Article

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