Characterizing gender-based violence in the context of water, sanitation, and hygiene: a scoping review of evidence in low-and middle-income countries

AM Nunbogu, SJ Elliott - Water Security, 2022 - Elsevier
The right to water and sanitation is recognized as fundamental to attaining all other rights.
Despite the progress in access to water and sanitation in Low-and Middle-Income Countries …

Measuring transformative WASH: A new paradigm for evaluating water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions

J Stoler, DB Guzmán, EA Adams - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and
sanitation for all, is behind schedule and faces substantial financial challenges. Rigorous …

Understanding and defining sanitation insecurity: women's gendered experiences of urination, defecation and menstruation in rural Odisha, India

BA Caruso, TF Clasen, C Hadley, KM Yount… - BMJ global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
Background Research suggests that the lived experience of inadequate sanitation may
contribute to poor health outcomes above and beyond pathogen exposure, particularly …

[HTML][HTML] 'It's like a burden on the head': Redefining adequate menstrual hygiene management throughout women's varied life stages in Odisha, India

ER MacRae, T Clasen, M Dasmohapatra, BA Caruso - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
There has been growing recognition of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) as a
significant public health issue. However, research has predominately focused on the …

Exploring the relationship between sanitation and mental and social well-being: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis

GD Sclar, G Penakalapati, BA Caruso… - Social science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The WHO defines health not as the absence of disease but as a “state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being.” To date, public health research on sanitation has focused …

[HTML][HTML] Water, Sanitation, and Women's Empowerment: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis

BA Caruso, A Conrad, M Patrick, A Owens, K Kviten… - PLoS Water, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Historically, water and sanitation programs have focused on women's instrumental value in
improving conditions and behaviors. No reviews have synthesized evidence on water and …

[HTML][HTML] The water, sanitation and hygiene gender equality measure (WASH-GEM): Conceptual foundations and domains of change

N Carrard, J MacArthur, C Leahy, S Soeters… - Women's Studies …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple established connections link access to safely managed water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) and gender equality. As development actors seek to attain the fifth and …

Household water insecurity may influence common mental disorders directly and indirectly through multiple pathways: Evidence from Haiti

A Brewis, N Choudhary, A Wutich - Social science & medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Living in poverty significantly elevates risk of common mental disorders, but the underlying
mechanisms are poorly specified. The stress of coping with household food insecurity is …

[HTML][HTML] The association between women's sanitation experiences and mental health: A cross-sectional study in Rural, Odisha India

BA Caruso, HLF Cooper, R Haardörfer, KM Yount… - SSM-population …, 2018 - Elsevier
Emerging qualitative research suggests women's sanitation experiences may impact mental
health. However, specific associations remain unclear. We aimed to determine if sanitation …

Measuring menstrual hygiene experience: development and validation of the Menstrual Practice Needs Scale (MPNS-36) in Soroti, Uganda

J Hennegan, A Nansubuga, C Smith, M Redshaw… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective This study describes the development and validation of the Menstrual Practice
Needs Scale (MPNS-36), which measures the extent to which respondents' menstrual …