学校供水、环境卫生和个人卫生状况:在喀麦隆北部加鲁瓦开展一项旨在确定能力和评估覆盖范围的横断面调查

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全球对了解、记录和监测学校的水、环境卫生和个人卫生(WASH)服务越来越感兴趣。这项研究首次确定了学校内现有的WASH能力,并了解了喀麦隆北部地区学校在WASH覆盖方面的差距程度。喀麦隆北部是该国卫生紧急情况频发、急性营养不良发生率最高、粮食和水不安全问题最严重的地区。采用横断面设计,对Garoua 176所学校的有关当局进行了访谈。调查指南从建议指南中纳入了监测学校讲卫生运动的核心问题。从数据中提取了11个与指标相关的变量来计算学校内WASH指标综合得分,这可以作为跨环境比较的更可靠和有用的工具,并有助于将数据与国家调查中应用的学校内WASH相关指标相协调。这项研究的结果表明,饮用水供应系统和卫生设施并不理想,而大多数学校都有洗手点。然而,仍然需要开展旨在促进和维持儿童中讲卫生运动积极环境的活动。校内WASH指标综合得分预测值证实了Garoua学校中与WASH获取相关的差异。因此,该分数提供了对学校供水减少、卫生习惯不当和卫生设施不足的空间维度的评估。这样的评分可以用来确定缺乏讲卫生基础设施的热点地区,并制定最佳干预措施战略,以减少学校中讲卫生相关疾病的发病率。
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The status of water access, sanitation, and hygiene in schools: A cross sectional survey to identify capacities and assess coverage in Garoua, North Cameroon
There has been an increasing global interest in understanding, documenting, and monitoring water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in schools. This study is the first to identify existing WASH-in-school capacities and understand the magnitude of the gaps in WASH coverage in schools in the Northern Cameroon, a region of the country marked by recurrent sanitary emergencies, the highest prevalence of acute malnutrition, and representing the largest and heaviest focus of food and water insecurity. Using a cross-sectional design, relevant authorities of 176 schools in Garoua, were interviewed. The survey guide included core questions for monitoring WASH in schools from recommended guidelines. Eleven indicators-related variables were extracted from data to calculate the WASH-in-school indicators composite score, which could be used as a more reliable and useful tool for comparison across settings and can contribute to harmonize data with WASH in schools related indicators applied in national surveys. The results of this research showed suboptimal drinking water supply systems and sanitation facilities whereas most schools had hand washing points available. However, activities that aimed to promote and sustain a WASH positive environment among children still need to be put in place. The WASH-in-school indicators composite score predictive value corroborated the disparities related to WASH access in schools located in Garoua. This score hence provides an assessment of the spatial dimensions of reduced access to water in schools, improper hygiene practices, and inadequate sanitation facilities. Such a score could be used to identify hotspots lacking WASH infrastructural facilities and strategize optimal interventions to reduce the incidence of WASH related diseases in schools.
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