Interventions to address unsafe child feces disposal practices in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review

L Sprouse, A Liles, R Cronk, V Bauza, JB Tidwell… - H2Open …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Despite clear evidence of the adverse health impacts of unsafe child feces disposal (CFD),
there is little evidence of the effectiveness of interventions targeting the improvement of …

[HTML][HTML] Water, sanitation, and hygiene practices and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India

V Bauza, GD Sclar, A Bisoyi, F Majorin… - The American journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices emerged as a critical component to
controlling and preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted 131 …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring barriers to the adoption and utilization of improved latrine facilities in rural Ethiopia: An Integrated Behavioral Model for Water, Sanitation and …

A Tamene, A Afework - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Even though evidence shows that access to and use of improved latrines is
related to healthful families and the public, obstacles to the adoption and use of improved …

[HTML][HTML] Contextual and psychosocial factors influencing caregiver safe disposal of child feces and child latrine training in rural Odisha, India

GD Sclar, V Bauza, A Bisoyi, TF Clasen, HJ Mosler - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Child feces are an important source of fecal exposure in household environments. Typically,
one of two behaviors is necessary to mitigate this risk: either caregivers dispose of their …

Microbial source tracking using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing identifies evidence of widespread contamination from young children's feces in an urban slum of …

V Bauza, V Madadi, RM Ocharo… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Child exposure to fecal contamination remains common in low-and middle-income countries
after sanitation interventions. Unsafe disposal of children's feces may contribute to this …

[HTML][HTML] A multilevel analysis of individual and contextual factors associated with the practice of safe disposal of children's faeces in sub-Saharan Africa

AA Seidu, BO Ahinkorah, K Kissah-Korsah, E Agbaglo… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Over the years, sanitation programs over the world have focused more on
household sanitation, with limited attention towards the disposal of children's stools. This …

[HTML][HTML] Child feces management practices and fecal contamination: A cross-sectional study in rural Odisha, India

V Bauza, F Majorin, P Routray, GD Sclar… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Safe child feces management (CFM) is likely critical for reducing exposure to fecal
pathogens in and around the home, but the effectiveness of different CFM practices in …

Enteric pathogens from water, hands, surface, soil, drainage ditch, and stream exposure points in a low-income neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya

V Bauza, V Madadi, R Ocharo, TH Nguyen… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Child exposure to fecal-oral pathogens occurs through several transmission pathways.
However, the relative importance of different exposure points for pathogen transmission both …

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 …

Risk factors for early childhood growth faltering in rural Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

A Lai, I Velez, R Ambikapathi, K Seng, O Cumming… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to determine risk factors of growth faltering by assessing
childhood nutrition and household water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) variables and …