Sanitation behavior among schoolchildren in a multi-ethnic area of Northern rural Vietnam.

BMC Public Health
Thi Thanh Xuan LeFlemming Konradsen

Abstract

In Vietnam, efforts are underway to improve latrine use in rural and remote areas with particular focus on increasing coverage of sanitation in schools. However, there is a lack of information on how the school program affects latrine use by schoolchildren and at community level. This paper analyzes sanitation use among schoolchildren in a multi-ethnic area to inform future school-based sanitation promotion programmes. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was applied during a 5 months period in six primary and secondary schools and in the homes of schoolchildren in four different ethnic villages in Northern rural Vietnam. Using a structured questionnaire, 319 children were interviewed face-to-face to collect quantitative data. Qualitative methods included extensive observations at schools and in the homes of 20 children, a single day's diary writings of 234 children, in-depth interviews with children (20), their parents (20) and school staff (10), and focus group discussions with parents (4) and teachers (6), and picture drawing with children (12). All surveyed schools had student latrines. However, the observed schoolchildren most commonly urinated and defecated in the open. Main barriers for latrine use inclu...Continue Reading

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Feb 5, 2013·Global Health Action·Le Thi Thanh Xuan, Luu Ngoc Hoat
Apr 27, 2013·Global Health Action·Le Thi Thanh XuanFlemming Konradsen
Jan 9, 2014·BMC Public Health·Christie ChatterleyMohini Venkatesh
Oct 17, 2016·Health Education Research·Suni PetersenKaile Brake

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