Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Vahid Ghavami, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Edris Kakemam
Occurrence and types of medication error and its associated factors in a reference teaching hospital in northeastern Iran: a retrospective study of medical records
BMC health services research
open defecation contributes spread different fecooral diseases therefore access latrine strongly recommended considerably reduces risks even though provision latrine facilities alone guarantee desired health benefits integrated behavior change ethiopia efforts made increase coverage latrine facilities however evidence consistently households use limited prior studies focused latrine utilization among households limited evidence available open defecation practices among households latrines associated factors thus study critical developing effective intervention approaches prevent open defecation among households latrines aim study assess open defecation practice associated factors among households latrines rural communities ararso district somali region eastern ethiopia 2023 communitybased crosssectional study design employed among households latrines district total 632 households latrines selected using systematic sampling technique data collected using structured questionnaire observational checklist questionnaire designed kobotool box humanitarian response software data collected using kobo collect version 202324 mobile application data downloaded server microsoft excel format data cleaning exported stata version 14 analysis bivariate multivariable analyses employed investigate relationship outcome independent variables odd ratios 95 confidence intervals utilized assess association outcome predictor variables pvalue 005 used threshold point statistical significance study prevalence open defecation practice among households latrines 324 95 ci 281 359 sex household aor 160 95 ci 106 24 educational status aor 240 95 ci 108 553 family size aor 162 95 ci 122 278 presence under5yearold children house aor 184 95 ci 119 275 need latrine maintenance aor 23795 ci 162 348 current status latrine aor 237 95 ci 162 348 latrine cleanness status unclean aor 191 95 ci 129 281 significantly associated open defecation practice among households latrine study concluded open defecation significantly practiced households latrines revealed presence latrine alone insufficient considerably reduce open defecation alleviate problem government health workers collaboration health bureau promote frequent sanitation hygiene education communities