Ashish Joshi|Chioma Amadi
Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Improving Health Outcomes among School Children
Center for Global Health|Center for Global Health
purpose review done explore impact water treatment hygiene sanitary interventions improving child health outcomes absenteeism infections knowledge attitudes practices adoption pointofuse water treatment methods literature search conducted using databases pubmed google scholar studies published 2009 2012 focusing effects access safe water hand washing facilities hygiene education among schoolage children studies included documented provision water sanitation schools children less 18 years age interventions assessed wash practices englishlanguage fulltext peer reviewed papers results fifteen studies included final analysis 73 studies conducted developing countries rural based 53 childs age gender grade level socioeconomic index access hygiene sanitary facilities prior knowledge hygiene practices significantly associated outcomes nutrition practices key factors associated outcomes rarely assessed conclusion research required assess longterm impact interventions different settings