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  • 标题:Latrine access and utilization among people with limited mobility: A cross sectional study
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  • 作者:Berhanu Asfaw ; Muluken Azage ; Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs
  • 期刊名称:Archives of Public Health
  • 印刷版ISSN:0778-7367
  • 电子版ISSN:0778-7367
  • 出版年度:2016
  • 卷号:74
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:9
  • DOI:10.1186/s13690-016-0120-5
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:Latrine access is one of the challenges faced by people with physical disabilities that limit their mobility (PPDs) in their home and working environments. Latrines should be designed, built and located such that they are easily accessible and utilizable by PPDs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine latrine access and utilization, and explore the challenges in latrine use among PPDs in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study design was conducted from July 15 to August 15, 2014. Data were collected using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire, and focus group discussions. Four hundred nineteen participants were included using a systematic random sampling technique. SPSS version 20 was used for data entry and analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with latrine utilization. Qualitative data were analyzed using themes. Of 419 participants, 142 (33.9 %) had access to latrines and 173 (41.3 %) had satisfactory latrine utilization. Family support while using latrine (AOR = 4.7, 95 % CI (2.7, 8.3), latrine accessibility (AOR = 2.1, 95 % CI (1.2, 3.7) and past latrine modification (AOR = 3.1, 95 % CI (1.8, 5.4) were factors associated with latrine utilization. Presence of steps at the latrine entrance, privacy while using latrine, absence of handrails, unavailability of family support, narrower latrine door, distant latrine, unclean floor of the latrine and elevated foot rests were challenges mentioned by PPDs. Latrine access and utilization were low among PPDs. Family members should encourage and support PPDs when they need to use latrine, designing accessible latrines, modifying existing latrines to accommodate PPDs are the areas of interventions to increase latrine accessibility and utilization among PPDs.
  • 关键词:Latrine access ; Latrine utilization ; People with limited mobility ; Disability
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