Socio-demographic predictors of household hygiene and sanitation practice and its effect on child health index in Fitche Town, North Shoa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Access to appropriate and adequate sanitation is fundamental to health, survival, growth and development, and the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lack of access to improved sanitation and the practice of open defecation had significant socioeconomic impacts on households without access and those living in communities where access to sanitation is poor. Objective of the study is to assess socio-demographic predictors of household hygiene and sanitation practice and its effect on child health index in Fitche town, Ethiopia. Method: A community based cross-sectional study was employed to assess socio-demographic predictors of household hygiene and sanitation practice, and its effect on child health. The minimum calculated sample size was 422 households drawn from Fitche town, North Shoa. The collected data were cleaned, checked for completeness, complied and entered to EPI(External Presentation Interface) data version4.4.3.1, then exported and analyzed using SPSS(Statistical Package for the Social Science), version 23. There were three outcome variables, namely; Hygiene, sanitation and child health index and a range of socio-demographic variables were used as potential predictors. Given the three outcome variables had count form, Poisson regression was used to analyze the determinants and effect of WASH on child health index. A total of 422 households were studied with the response rate of 99.3%. The mean age of respondent’s was 45 years (with SD=±12.125). The proportion of household that treated water with any method was 23.7%.The expected mean of household hygiene practice was significant for household income, level of education, occupation and source of drinking water. Similarly, the expected mean of household sanitation practice had significant association with the number of household in the compound, level of education and types of toilet facility. Whereas, the expected mean of child health index was significantly associated with household income, occupation, ethnicity, household sanitation practice, hand washing with soap and liquid waste disposal system.
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hygiene, household, sanitation, Fiche town, Ethiopia