Household sanitation and personal hygiene practices are associated with child stunting in rural India: A cross-sectional analysis of surveys

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Rah, Jee Hyun ^a   Cronin, Aidan A ^b   Badgaiyan, Bhupendra ^a   Aguayo, Victor ^c   Coates, Suzanne ^b   Ahmed, Sarah ^d  

^a UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (India)

^b Water Sanitation and Hygiene Programme United Nations Children's Fund   (Indonesia)

^c JACS South Asia Office   (Nepal)

^d INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMPREHENSIVE NUTRITION SURVEY IN MAHARASHTRA; DEFECATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GROWTH; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION SURVEY; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SELF CONCEPT; STUNTING; WATER SUPPLY; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND DISINFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION;

SOAP;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEFECATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOAPS; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84923675599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005180     Document Type: Review

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