Unsafe fecal disposal practices in children and the nexus with childhood diarrhea in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NE Soboksa, BK Olkeba, B Negassa… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
In household environments, the improper handling of children's feces can be a significant
contaminant, raising a high risk of child exposure. Thus, the objective of this study was to …

Child feces disposal practices in humanitarian and non-humanitarian settings across 34 low-and middle-income countries

R Beardsley, S Lebu, C Anthonj, M Manga - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally, safe sanitation has improved significantly in the last two decades, but unsafe child
feces disposal remains a growing challenge in many regions, exposing household members …

Unsafe child feces disposal is associated with environmental enteropathy and impaired growth

CM George, L Oldja, S Biswas, J Perin, RB Sack… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the relationship between unsafe child feces disposal,
environmental enteropathy, and impaired growth, we conducted a prospective cohort study …

Factors associated with safe child feces disposal in Ethiopia, India, and Zambia

R Beardsley, R Cronk, W Tracy, L Fleming… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Safe child feces disposal (CFD) is defined as a child or caregiver placing or rinsing child
feces into an improved sanitation facility. In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), 48 …

Unsafe child feces disposal status in Ethiopia: what factors matter? Analysis of pooled data from four demographic and health surveys

B Sahiledengle - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background The only safest way to dispose of a child's feces is to help the child use a toilet
or, for very young children, to put or rinse their feces into a toilet, whereas other methods are …

Associated factors of safe child feces disposal in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from recent demographic and health surveys of 34 sub-Saharan countries

GD Demissie, MF Zerihun, DT Ekubagewargies… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Children's feces are thought to pose a greater public health risk than those of
adults' due to higher concentrations of pathogens. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of safe child faeces disposal interventions

T Morita, S Godfrey, CM George - Tropical Medicine & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To review and synthesise the available evidence on the effectiveness of
interventions targeting unsafe child faeces disposal in reducing this behaviour and …

Factors associated with safe disposal practices of child's faeces in Nigeria: Evidence from 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey

AA Aliyu, T Dahiru - Nigerian Medical Journal, 2019 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Association of safe disposal of child feces and reported diarrhea in Indonesia: need for stronger focus on a neglected risk

AA Cronin, SK Sebayang, H Torlesse… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Indonesia still faces several challenges in the areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene
(WASH). Diarrhea remains a major killer of children and it is important to understand the …

Child feces disposal practice and associated factors: a dilemma in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Y Ayele, D Yemane, G Redae… - Journal of Water …, 2018 - iwaponline.com
Safe disposal of children's feces is as essential as the safe disposal of adults' feces.
However, there is widespread belief that feces of infants and young children are not harmful …