Sanitation

"Sanitation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The development and establishment of environmental conditions favorable to the health of the public.

Descriptor ID	D012499
MeSH Number(s)	H02.229.782 N06.850.780.200.800 N06.850.860
Concept/Terms	Sanitation Sanitation

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Natural Sciences [H]
Health Occupations [H02]
Environmental Health [H02.229]
Sanitation [H02.229.782]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Communicable Disease Control [N06.850.780.200]
Sanitation [N06.850.780.200.800]
Sanitation [N06.850.860]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sanitation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sanitation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 30 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2013 and 2018 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2013	5	0	5
2014	1	0	1
2015	3	0	3
2017	4	0	4
2018	5	0	5
2019	3	1	4
2020	5	0	5
2021	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Sanitation" by people in Profiles.

Sedekia Y, Kapiga S, Mcharo O, Makata K, Torondel B, Dreibelbis R, Okello E. Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 06; 16(6):e0010438.

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Legge H, Fedele S, Preusser F, Stys P, Muzuri P, Schuberth M, Dreibelbis R. Urban Water Access and Use in the Kivus: Evaluating Behavioural Outcomes Following an Integrated WASH Intervention in Goma and Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 01 18; 19(3).

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Ross I, Greco G, Opondo C, Adriano Z, Nala R, Brown J, Dreibelbis R, Cumming O. Measuring and valuing broader impacts in public health: Development of a sanitation-related quality of life instrument in Maputo, Mozambique. Health Econ. 2022 03; 31(3):466-480.

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Bick S, Buxton H, Chase RP, Ross I, Adriano Z, Capone D, Knee J, Brown J, Nalá R, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R. Using path analysis to test theory of change: a quantitative process evaluation of the MapSan trial. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 16; 21(1):1411.

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Ross I, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R, Adriano Z, Nala R, Greco G. How does sanitation influence people's quality of life? Qualitative research in low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. Soc Sci Med. 2021 03; 272:113709.

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Duijster D, Buxton H, Benzian H, Dimaisip-Nabuab J, Monse B, Volgenant C, Dreibelbis R. Impact of a school-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme on children's independent handwashing and toothbrushing habits: a cluster-randomised trial. Int J Public Health. 2020 Dec; 65(9):1699-1709.

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Howard G, Bartram J, Brocklehurst C, Colford JM, Costa F, Cunliffe D, Dreibelbis R, Eisenberg JNS, Evans B, Girones R, Hrudey S, Willetts J, Wright CY. COVID-19: urgent actions, critical reflections and future relevance of 'WaSH': lessons for the current and future pandemics. J Water Health. 2020 Oct; 18(5):613-630.

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Swarthout J, Ram PK, Arnold CD, Dentz HN, Arnold BF, Kalungu S, Lin A, Njenga SM, Stewart CP, Colford JM, Null C, Pickering AJ. Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 06; 102(6):1286-1295.

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Bick S, Perieres L, D'Mello-Guyett L, Baker KK, Brown J, Muneme B, Nala R, Dreibelbis R, Cumming O. Risk factors for child food contamination in low-income neighbourhoods of Maputo, Mozambique: An exploratory, cross-sectional study. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 10; 16(4):e12991.

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Capone D, Buxton H, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R, Knee J, Nalá R, Ross I, Brown J. Impact of an intervention to improve pit latrine emptying practices in low income urban neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 05; 226:113480.

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