The Effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Patil, Sumeet; F. Arnold, Benjamin; L. Salvatore, Alicia; Briceño, Bertha; Ganguly, Sandipan; M. Colford, John; Gertler, Paul

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001709

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The Effect of India's Total Sanitation Campaign on Defecation Behaviors and Child Health in Rural Madhya Pradesh: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Published in PLoS Medicine • Aug 26, 2014

Authors:

Sumeet Patil

Benjamin F. Arnold

Alicia L. Salvatore

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Poor sanitation is thought to be a major cause of enteric infections among young children. However, there are no previously published randomized trials to measure the health impacts of large-scale sanitation programs. India's Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) is one such program that seeks...

Subject

Sanitation

Open defecation

Environmental health

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