Impact of Proper Excreta Disposal 0n the Heath Status of Children below Five Years of Age in Salale Community
Creators: name: Adam, Zenam
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 1986

description: A large-scale multi-disciplinary campaign which aimed at improving the agricultural, educational and health conditions of the general population of Sellale awraja was conducted in J'flL'.y 1981 , duri ng which , IVfuketuri , the present study ~-xeR9 ,.,as alleged to have achieved the maximum results by provi dine; jli t latrine facility to sa.ch and every household residing i n the to'ND . An evaluative study on the imrc.ct of proper hum[].n '"Rste disposal on the real th status of children belm, 5 years of age was conducted from July 14 - 21, 1986, which is five years "fter the mass introduction of "it latrines as an intervention into Hu.1(eturi t m·n1. Assessment \-:as also made on how residents of the tOlffi have former! the habi t of using the f",cili ty after it ""8 made available for them. Because of lack of basE line dat:l, a similar community unaffected by the 1981 car.Jpo.ign, but cOClp"rable in respect to pertinent socio- demogr arhic characterstics, "'as chosen c.s a control . Intestinal pexasitism, diexrheal illnesses, o.nthropometric measurements, infant and child rteaths werG chosen to me~sure health improvements that mi,;ht have resul tect from the interver:tion. vii Weie;ht anj hei~ht, mea.surin[ scq12s £',nri stool examinr:.tion were the instruments used, for tbe ohserv"til'nal '~ata coll ection &gt;!hile a pre- tested am] pr8- strl1ctured qU8stionnaire ,ras employed f or intcrvi e&gt;!ing head of house holds ".lld/or mothers . Analysis of data collecteil from " total of 19G subjects and 85 controls living in 132 &amp; 65 f'lmilies resrectively, h2.S sho&gt;!n that pit - l a trine facility avaibbility ,;as 81. S ~~ for the study group ;mel 42 . 1, ~b for the C'ontrols . In the attempt to determi ne the people's motive to h'LVe a latrine f Ctcil ity, it &gt;!as found that morE. t'l2.ll 60 5~ of f","ilics in Nuketuri re;oorted thp;t the f aciE ties &gt;!ere imposed by the ICebele , "hile s81f- ini' i a tion .1\nd advice from helll th wor:!orkers' advice . viii Study results denHJllstr:LteJ 3Jl ,- VOl' ~.ll h"".l til i mp0roveffient aGlont; the stujy Gre-up th,m their oontrols . !'revalence of intestinal Tarasites W,'lU 32 . 2 ~~ an'j 56 . [ c;.~ ~ p" 0 . 01 ) 2.!Jong children sturlie ... t in l'Iuketuri :md Chancho respectivly. l';ultiple intestinal pD.r?sitism among th€ rosi ti ves, IrJ1.G n1so higher in the controls tha..n i n subjects, 32 . 6 10 VS . 5.4 %. An D.lysis of anthropometric measurements using Wahrlow ' s cl:J.ss i~ ficaticn , revealed that protsin - 03nergy malnutriti on was COEUllc,n among both groups of children . However, co~~.~iS0~ between th~ two ~..roups show a r:1cro improved con,2i tion M10W; the sturly Sll~ j jects than th,,; controls . The two- weeks recall period rrev::112nce of chilCl di'_LrrhG3. \.J~S 3.1so found tobe higher amonG ths controls , 15 .3 . Vs 11 . 7 '7~ • But the difference \ons not statistic ~,lly signific:1nt . Resul ts in genera.1 indic-'lte th2..t provis i on of 8Y.:cret::t dispos~d faci1i ty m'w redUCE the IJreV?J.ence of intestin'1l pCLr2.si tic infections, di :lrrheal diseases and 1!alnutr.i tion C'Lnd m,w resul t in e;Ener"l h""l th improvement of children beloH 5 years of age . Availability of latrine in a family , hOHever, m?y not prctoct children i ndi vidualJ.y , unless the overall contamination of the environment of the c08munity i E prevented . The less - effective inputs by health "orkers alone and the i mportance of I!lultisectoral approach is 'J.180 discussed