ArticleSSM - population health2018
Intrinsic and instrumental perspectives to sanitation.
Article in SSM - population health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Prevalence and burden of no-toilet households in India: an analysis of 261,746 households in 36 states/Union Territories in 2022-2023.Global health action · 2025Article
- Prevalence of zero-sanitation in India: Patterns of change across the states and Union Territories, 1993-2021.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Small area variations in four measures of poverty among Indian households: Econometric analysis of National Family Health Survey 2019-2021.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2023Article
- The impact of a demand-side sanitation and hygiene promotion intervention on sustained behavior change and health in Amhara, Ethiopia: A cluster-randomized trial.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Multilevel analysis of geographic variation among correlates of child undernutrition in India.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Functionality of nanomaterials and its technological aspects - Used in preventing, diagnosing and treating COVID-19.Materials today. Proceedings · 2021Article
- Let the "A" in WASH Stand for Air: Integrating Research and Interventions to Improve Household Air Pollution (HAP) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) in Low-Income Settings.Environmental health perspectives · 2019Article
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Abstract
Public health interventions are often implemented because they are a means to an end. For example, improving population-level health outcomes is a key step towards improving social and economic outcomes, too. But what is often overlooked is the fact that a given public health intervention might be the end in itself. In other words, a given intervention might be worth investing in even if there are zero returns from investing in it. This intrinsic value, however, is often overlooked. In this commentary, we look specifically at sanitation, and why the development community should motivate sanitation interventions using an intrinsic value perspective. We also extend the conversation to why there needs to be a fundamental shift away from demand-side interventions to supply-side interventions. In doing so, we hope to offer a more equitable perspective to health and development.
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