| Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial. | |
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PMID: 22175695 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objectives There has been increased attention to access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at schools in developing countries, but a dearth of empirical studies on the impact. We conducted a cluster-randomized trial of school-based WASH on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya, from 2007 to 2008. Methods Public primary schools nested in three geographical strata were randomly assigned and allocated to one of three study arms [water treatment and hygiene promotion (WT & HP), additional sanitation improvement, or control] to assess the effects on pupil absence at 2-year follow-up. Results We found no overall effect of the intervention on absence. However, among schools in two of the geographical areas not affected by post-election violence, those that received WT and HP showed a 58% reduction in the odds of absence for girls (OR 0.42, CI 0.21-0.85). In the same strata, sanitation improvement in combination with WT and HP resulted in a comparable drop in absence, although results were marginally significant (OR 0.47, 0.21-1.05). Boys were not impacted by the intervention. Conclusion School WASH improvements can improve school attendance for girls, and mechanisms for gendered impacts should be explored. Incomplete intervention compliance highlights the challenges of achieving consistent results across all settings. |
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Matthew C Freeman; Leslie E Greene; Robert Dreibelbis; Shadi Saboori; Richard Muga; Babette Brumback; Richard Rheingans |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-18 |
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Title: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH Volume: - ISSN: 1365-3156 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9610576 Medline TA: Trop Med Int Health Country: - |
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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Hubert Department of Global Health, Center for Global Safe Water, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kisumu, Kenya Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Department of Global and Environmental Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. |
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