Advantages and limitations for users of double pit pour-flush latrines: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hussain, Faruqe ^a,f   Clasen, Thomas ^b   Akter, Shahinoor ^a   Bawel, Victoria ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^a,c   Leontsini, Elli ^e   Unicomb, Leanne ^a   Barua, Milan Kanti ^d   Thomas, Brittany ^e   Winch, Peter J ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Infectious Disease Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Double pit pour flush latrine; Feasibility; Rural Bangladesh; Sanitation System

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BAMBOO; BANGLADESH; COMFORT; DECOMPOSITION; DEFECATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GARDENING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOIL; WATER TABLE; WORKER; ADULT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 85019860718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4412-7     Document Type: Article

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