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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Bar chart showing 29 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2013 and 2018

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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	4	0	4
2021	1	0	1

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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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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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Buxton H, Dimaisip-Nabuab J, Duijster D, Monse B, Benzian H, Dreibelbis R. The impact of an operation and management intervention on toilet usability in schools in the Philippines: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 16; 19(1):1680.

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Capone D, Adriano Z, Berendes D, Cumming O, Dreibelbis R, Holcomb DA, Knee J, Ross I, Brown J. A localized sanitation status index as a proxy for fecal contamination in urban Maputo, Mozambique. PLoS One. 2019; 14(10):e0224333.

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Winter SC, Dreibelbis R, Dzombo MN, Barchi F. A mixed-methods study of women's sanitation utilization in informal settlements in Kenya. PLoS One. 2019; 14(3):e0214114.

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Stewart CP, Dewey KG, Lin A, Pickering AJ, Byrd KA, Jannat K, Ali S, Rao G, Dentz HN, Kiprotich M, Arnold CD, Arnold BF, Allen LH, Shahab-Ferdows S, Ercumen A, Grembi JA, Naser AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Colford JM, Luby SP, Null C. Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements and infant and young child feeding counseling with or without improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) on anemia and micronutrient status: results from 2 cluster-randomized trials in Kenya and Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 01 01; 109(1):148-164.

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Winter S, Dreibelbis R, Barchi F. Women's sanitation practices in informal settlements: A multi-level analysis of factors influencing utilisation in Nairobi, Kenya. Glob Public Health. 2019 05; 14(5):663-674.

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