Latrine access alone may be insufficient to encourage households to dispose of young
children's feces safely in a latrine, and little is known about the determinants of improved …

Objectives A clean India is the responsibility of all Indians. One of the objectives of the
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Initiative) is to bring about behavioural changes …

Background: Stool disposal practices have been shown to be associated with childhood
diarrhea. There exist variations in explanatory variables of safe child's faecal disposal …

Background Children's stool disposal is often overlooked in sanitation programs of any
country. Unsafe disposal of children's stool makes children susceptible to many diseases …

Background Prevalence of diarrhea among the under-five children is the predominant
problem in developing countries, even in India also. The availability of improved drinking …

Child feces represent a particular health risk to children due to increased prevalence of
enteric agents and a higher risk of exposure owing to exploratory behaviors of young …

Background According to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for water
supply and Sanitation definition, safe child feces disposal practices include: children …

Background Safe management of faeces (SMoF) and environmental contamination by
faecal pathogens have been extensively researched although the SMoF in under-five …

By conducting a case-control study in two university hospitals, we explored the association
between modifiable risk behaviours and diarrhoea. Children aged< 5 years attending …

Background Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of disease in children less than
5 y of age. Poor water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions are the primary routes of exposure …