Interventions to improve water quality and supply, sanitation and hygiene practices, and their effects on the nutritional status of children

  • Dangour A
  • Watson L
  • Cumming O
  • et al.
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Background Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are frequently implemented to reduce infectious diseases, and may be linked to improved nutrition outcomes in children. Objectives To evaluate the effect of interventions to improve water quality and supply (adequate quantity to maintain hygiene practices), provide adequate sanitation and promote handwashing with soap, on the nutritional status of children under the age of 18 years and to identify current research gaps. Search methods We searched 10 English-language (including MEDLINE and CENTRAL) and three Chinese-language databases for published studies in June 2012.We searched grey literature databases, conference proceedings and websites, reviewed reference lists and contacted experts and authors. Selection criteria Randomised (including cluster-randomised), quasi-randomised and non-randomised controlled trials, controlled cohort or crosssectional studies and historically controlled studies, comparing WASH interventions among children aged under 18 years.

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Dangour, A. D., Watson, L., Cumming, O., Boisson, S., Velleman, Y., Cavill, S., … Uauy, R. (2011). Interventions to improve water quality and supply, sanitation and hygiene practices, and their effects on the nutritional status of children. In Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd009382

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