SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015
Household water quantity and health: a systematic review.
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- The role of diet in renal cell carcinoma incidence: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Modifiable risk factors for the prevention of bladder cancer: a systematic review of meta-analyses.European journal of epidemiology · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- A Stepped Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial Assessing the Impact of a Riverbank Filtration Intervention to Improve Access to Safe Water on Health in Rural India.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Trial
- "Gives us peace of mind for keeping our hands clean": targeted handwashing intervention increases water use and hand hygiene in rural Alaska.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
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- Correlates of Trachoma Recrudescence: Results from 51 District-Level Trachoma Surveillance Surveys in Amhara, Ethiopia.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Divided infrastructure: legal exclusion and water inequality in an urban slum in Mumbai, India.Environment and urbanization · 2023Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of diarrhea among children less than five years of age in the rural suburbs of Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia; Robust Poisson Regression Analysis.African health sciences · 2022Article
- Measuring Water Quantity Used for Personal and Domestic Hygiene and Determinants of Water Use in a Low-Income Urban Community.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Meaning of "Hygiene" and Its Linked Practices in a Low-Income Urban Community in Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Bottled and Well Water Quality in a Small Central Appalachian Community: Household-Level Analysis of Enteric Pathogens, Inorganic Chemicals, and Health Outcomes in Rural Southwest Virginia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Attributes of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene associated with microbiological water quality of stored drinking water in rural schools in Mozambique and Uganda.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021Article
- Water delivery system effects on coliform bacteria in tap water in First Nations reserves in Manitoba, Canada.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2021Article
- Impact of sampling depth on pathogen detection in pit latrines.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Seroprevalence of antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis and enteropathogens and distance to the nearest water source among young children in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Challenges for Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in China.Current environmental health reports · 2020Review
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Abstract
While the quantity of water used in the home is thought to be an important determinant of health, much of the evidence relies on using water access as a proxy for quantity. This review examines the health effects of household water quantity using studies that directly measured water quantity. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and article reference lists. Eligible studies included experimental and observational studies that measured a difference in water quantity and quantified an association between water quantity and health outcomes. 21 studies, divided into six of the many possible water-quantity associated outcomes, met the eligibility criteria. Due to heterogeneity in designs, settings, methods, and outcomes, a meta-analysis was inappropriate. Overall results showed a positive association between water quantity and health outcomes, but the effect depended on how the water was used. Increased water usage for personal hygiene was generally associated with improved trachoma outcomes, while increased water consumption was generally associated with reduced gastrointestinal infection and diarrheal disease and improved growth outcomes. In high-income countries, increased water consumption was associated with higher rates of renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer but not associated with type II diabetes, cardiac-related mortality, or all-cause mortality.
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