Open AccessHealth and environmental sanitation in India: Issues for prioritizing control strategies
Author(s) -
Santosh Kumar,
Sitanshu Sekhar Kar,
Animesh Jain
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.93196
Subject(s) - sanitation , context (archaeology) , environmental planning , intervention (counseling) , public health , open defecation , business , control (management) , improved sanitation , environmental health , environmental resource management , geography , engineering , medicine , environmental science , environmental engineering , economics , management , nursing , archaeology , psychiatry
Environmental sanitation is a major public health issue in India. Recent interventional studies on environmental sanitation in India highlighted the importance of prioritizing control strategies. Research related to the appropriate cost-effective intervention strategies and their implementation in Indian context is a big challenge. This paper discusses various intervention strategies related to environmental sanitation in India and emphasizes to prioritize it according to the need of country.