I get height with a little help from my friends: herd protection from sanitation on child growth in rural Ecuador | Zendy

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I get height with a little help from my friends: herd protection from sanitation on child growth in rural Ecuador

Author(s) -

James A. Fuller,

Eduardo Villamor,

William Cevallos,

James Trostle,

Joseph N. S. Eisenberg

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv368

Subject(s) - sanitation , herd , environmental health , geography , socioeconomics , medicine , environmental protection , veterinary medicine , economics , pathology

Infectious disease interventions, such as vaccines and bed nets, have the potential to provide herd protection to non-recipients. Similarly, improved sanitation in one household may provide community-wide benefits if it reduces contamination in the shared environment. Sanitation at the household level is an important predictor of child growth, but less is known about the effect of sanitation coverage in the community.

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