Availability and satisfactoriness of latrines and hand washing stations in health facilities, and role in health seeking behavior of women: Evidence from rural Pune district, India

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 474-482

  Steinmann, Peter ^a,b   Bratschi, Martin W ^a,b   Lele, Pallavi ^c   Chavan, Uddhavi ^c   Sundaram, Neisha ^a,b   Weiss, Mitchell G ^a,b   Juvekar, Sanjay ^c   Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Health facility; Health seeking behavior; India; Sanitation facility; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940031476     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: 24089362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2015.101     Document Type: Article

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