The impact of a school-based water supply and treatment, hygiene, and sanitation programme on pupil diarrhoea: A cluster-randomized trial

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-351

  Freeman, M C ^a   Clasen, T ^b   Dreibelbis, R ^c   Saboori, S ^a   Greene, L E ^a   Brumback, B ^d   Muga, R ^e   Rheingans, R ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; hand hygiene; water (quality); water (safe); waterborne infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HYGIENE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROGRAM; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; FEMALE; HYGIENE; MALE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SANITATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84894345479     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001118     Document Type: Article

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