Observational studyThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019
Exposure to Livestock Feces and Water Quality, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Conditions among Caregivers and Young Children: Formative Research in Rural Burkina Faso.
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- Measurement in the study of human exposure to animal feces: A systematic review and audit.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of an integrated poultry value chain, nutrition, gender and WASH intervention (SELEVER) on hygiene and child morbidity and anthropometry in Burkina Faso: A secondary outcome analysis of a cluster randomised trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Trial
- Spatial clustering of Giardia duodenalis assemblages and sub-assemblages with environmental and anthropozoonotic factors in Busia, Western Kenya.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Domestic animals and hygiene on infants' risk of contact and exposure to animal faeces in urban neighbourhoods in Kenya: A mixed methods cohort study.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Nurturing care group approach for improving animal faeces management in Ghana.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- Impact of integrated WASH and maternal and child health interventions on diarrhea disease prevalence in a resource-constrained setting in Kenya.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Purchase, consumption, and ownership of chickens and chicken products among households in Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Perspective: Connecting the dots between domestic livestock ownership and child linear growth in low- and middle-income countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
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- The utilisation of domestic goats in rural and peri-urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Biodigester Cookstove Interventions and Child Diarrhea in Semirural Nepal: A Causal Analysis of Daily Observations.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Observational
- Stories of change in nutrition in Burkina Faso 1992-2018: a micro-level perspective.Food security · 2022Article
- Ruminant-Related Risk Factors are Associated with Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Infection in Children in Southern Ghana.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- The role of chicken management practices in children's exposure to environmental contamination: a mixed-methods analysis.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Associations between Household-Level Exposures and All-Cause Diarrhea and Pathogen-Specific Enteric Infections in Children Enrolled in Five Sentinel Surveillance Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Local Perceptions, Cultural Beliefs, Practices and Changing Perspectives of Handling Infant Feces: A Case Study in a Rural Geita District, North-Western Tanzania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Co-occurrence ofFrontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Livestock farming is common in low-income settings as a source of income and animal-sourced food. However, there is growing evidence of the harmful health effects of proximity of animals to infants and young children, especially through exposure to zoonotic pathogens. Poultry ownership is almost universal in rural Burkina Faso. Poultry feces are a significant risk factor for enteric diseases that are associated with child undernutrition. To investigate the extent of exposure to livestock feces among young children and caregivers, we conducted direct observations of 20 caregiver-child dyads for a total of 80 hours (4 hours per dyad) and recorded water quality, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related behaviors. We also undertook in-depth interviews with these caregivers and focus group discussions with separate groups of men and women who were poultry farmers. Poultry and other livestock feces were visible in all 20 and 19 households, respectively, in both kitchen areas and in the household courtyards where children frequently sit or crawl. Direct soil ingestion by young children was observed in almost half of the households (45%). Poor handwashing practices were also common among caregivers and children. Although latrines were available in almost all households, child feces disposal practices were inadequate. This body of research suggests an urgent need to adapt conventional WASH and livestock interventions to reduce the exposure of infants and young children to livestock feces.
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