The Impacts of Inadequate Sanitation on the Health of Children in Rural Areas.
Abstract
This research was conducted in two communities; Dandu and Wuro Chekke, Yola south, Adamawa state.
The aim of the study was to investigate the availability of sanitation infrastructures and to find out the relationship between sanitation and health among children in the two rural areas of the state.
This was done by conducting interviews and making observation of 50 respondents who were mainly mothers and their environment.
The socio-economic status and sanitation practices of the respondents, water supply source, and availability of health care centers in the areas and some of environmental conditions of their communities were included in the interviews and the observation process.
The factors were considered in other to find out if there was any relationship between the factors mentioned above and the occurrence of malaria, typhoid and intestinal worm infestation in the children under the age of five.
Table Of Contents
DEDICATION………………. iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT……v
ABSTRACT…………………..vi
INTRODUCTION
Environmental Health in Nigeria………………. 8
Controversy on the Relationships between Diarrhea and Growth…. 8
Research questions…………………… 11
Objectives of the study……………….11
Aim/ expected research outcome……12
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Introduction…………………………….13
Study area……………………………….13
Research Method……………………..13
Target Population…………………….14
Method of Data Analysis……………14
Data collection…………………………..14
HYPOTHESIS……………………………14
RESULTS AND ANALYSIS…………15
Socio- economic/ familial structure of respondents in both communities…. 15
Sanitation Facilities/ Hygiene Variables………18
DISCUSSION………………………………………… 22
Limitations………………………………………. 23
CONCLUSION………………………………… 24
RECOMMENDATIONS…………………….. 25
REFERENCES…………………………………26
INTERVIEW GUIDE………………………..27
Introduction
Background Of Study
Environment, sanitation and health are inextricably interlinked. An environment with poor amenities such as polluted air, poor sanitation, unkempt drinking water and poor housing, has been seen to have a negative effect on the health status of individuals and wellbeing of people.
Such places have added to communicable disease and also in the prolonging of epidemiological transition. Physical environmental factors and socio-cultural issues which are cumulative also lead to disease of greater burden.
The environment in the medical sense includes what affects an organism with regards to influence and condition and also the surroundings.
For the purpose of this paper, environment by the International Epidemiological Association can be defined as “All that which is external to the human host.
This can be divided into physical, biological, social, cultural, etc., any or all of which can influence health status of populations.”
From this definition, anything that is not genetic would be included in the environment. However, this can be argued because considering genes for instance whether in the short or long term, they are influenced by the environment.
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