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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Hygienic child feces disposal practice and its associated factors among mothers/caregivers of under five children in West Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia

M Addis, W Worku, L Bogale… - Environmental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Children's feces are 5 times more dangerous than that of adults. Unhygienic
disposal of child feces has been reported as one of the major sanitation problems in Sub …

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 …

[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 …

Study design and rationale for a cluster randomized trial of a safe child feces management intervention in rural Odisha, India

GD Sclar, V Bauza, HJ Mosler, A Bisoyi, HH Chang… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Poor child feces management (CFM) is believed to be an important source of
exposure to enteric pathogens that contribute to a large disease burden in low-income …

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 …

The impact of a rural sanitation programme on safe disposal of child faeces: a cluster randomised trial in Odisha, India

MC Freeman, F Majorin, S Boisson… - Transactions of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Unsafe disposal of child faeces is persistent and may lead to considerable
impact on the health of young children. Research is limited on the impact of sanitation or …