Neighbour-shared versus communal latrines in urban slums: a cross-sectional study in Orissa, India exploring household demographics, accessibility, privacy, use and cleanliness | Zendy

Marieke Heijnen | Zendy; Parimita Routray | Zendy; Belén Torondel | Zendy; Thomas Clasen | Zendy

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Neighbour-shared versus communal latrines in urban slums: a cross-sectional study in Orissa, India exploring household demographics, accessibility, privacy, use and cleanliness

Author(s) -

Marieke Heijnen,

Parimita Routray,

Belén Torondel,

Thomas Clasen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1878-3503

pISSN - 0035-9203

DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trv082

Subject(s) - latrine , sanitation , demographics , environmental health , cross sectional study , socioeconomics , geography , population , improved sanitation , demography , medicine , sociology , pathology

A growing proportion of the global population rely on shared sanitation facilities, despite their association with adverse health outcomes. We sought to explore differences between neighbour-shared and communal latrines in terms household demographics, accessibility, facilities and use.

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