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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

The Role of Adherence on the Impact of a School-Based Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention in Mali.

Joshua V Garn, Victoria Trinies, Jérémie Toubkiss, Matthew C Freeman

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools in Low-Income Countries: A Review of Evidence of Impact.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua V GarnDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Victoria TriniesDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jérémie ToubkissEvaluation Office, The United Nations Children's Fund, New York, New York.
Matthew C FreemanDepartment of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Emory University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AbstractStudies assessing the impacts of school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions have revealed inconsistent improvements in pupils' health and educational outcomes. This may be in part due to suboptimal project fidelity or adherence. As part of a matched-control trial of a comprehensive school-based WASH project in Mali, we measured the degree to which schools met four prespecified WASH targets, comprised of 15 criteria, 0-3 years after program implementation. We compared achievement of the targets and criteria between beneficiary and matched control schools, and compared achievement within beneficiary schools at baseline and at follow-up visits. We assessed the "as-treated" associations between WASH target achievement and pupil diarrhea, respiratory symptoms, and absence. Between 44% and 81% of beneficiary schools achieved each target. Although adherence was inconsistent across schools, beneficiary schools, on average, met more WASH targets than matched control schools, and beneficiary schools also met more WASH targets at follow-up than at baseline. Very few of the targets were individually associated with health and absenteeism outcomes. Increasing achievement of multiple WASH targets together was associated with a lower odds of pupils having diarrhea (

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SchoolsWater MicrobiologyChildGuideline AdherenceHumansHygieneMaliSanitationWaterWater PurificationWater QualityWater SupplyWater

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PMID28093534
PMCPMC5392652
OpenAlexW2574011612

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