The Effect of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh : A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation programs. India's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is one such program that seeks to end the practice of open defecation by changing social norms and behaviors, and providing technical support and financial subsidies. The objective of this study was to measure the effect of the TSC implemented with capacity building support from the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program in Madhya Pradesh on availability of individual household latrines (IHLs), defecation behaviors, and child health (diarrhea, highly credible gastrointestinal illness [HCGI], parasitic infections, anemia, growth).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Patil, Sumeet R., Arnold, Benjamin F., Salvatore, Alicia L., Briceno, Bertha, Ganguly, Sandipan, Colford Jr., John M., Gertler, Paul J.
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2014-08-26
Subjects:	water and sanitation, sanitation, diarrhea,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23197
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