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| Title: | Water habits and hygiene education to prevent diarrhoeal diseases: the Zambezi river basin in Mozambique |
| Authors: | González-Gómez, Francisco Lluch-Frechina, Enrique Guardiola, Jorge |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Periodical: | African Development Review (ISSN 1467-8268) |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 563-572 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Mozambique |
| Subjects: | hygiene diarrhoea |
| External link: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-8268.12050 |
| Abstract: | This research analyses the relationship between certain water-related habits and infrastructure likely to influence the frequency of diarrhoea in children that are five years old or younger. The study uses an ordered logit model with information from 334 households from the Zambezi river in Mozambique with children aged up to five years. The main objective of this paper is to emphasize the importance of hygiene education in the prevention of gastrointestinal diseases in children, that are affected by poor access to water systems and sanitation. Maintaining hygiene is especially important in households with young children, who are more vulnerable to gastrointestinal diseases. The results of the research reveal that in households that do not know that water transmits illnesses and where they do not wash their hands before preparing a child's meal, the children suffer diarrhoea more frequently. The main recommendation is to invest in hygiene education programmes to reduce the risk of illnesses such as diarrhoea. Improvements in access to water and sanitation may not be sufficient in order to improve life conditions if there is no hygiene education. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |
