A Cluster-Randomized Trial Assessing The Impact Of School Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Improvements On Pupil Enrollment And Gender Parity In Enrollment
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Richard Rheingans Ph.D., Department Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: We employed a cluster randomized trial design to measure the impact of a school based water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) improvement on pupil enrollment and on gender parity in enrollment, in primary schools in Nyanza Province, Kenya (2007-2009). Among schools with poor water access during the dry season, those that received a water supply, hygiene promotion and water treatment (HP&WT) and sanitation improvement, demonstrated increased enrollment (ß=0.091 [0.009, 0.173] p=0.03), which translates to 26 additional pupils per school on average. The proportion of girls enrolled in school also increased by 4% (prevalence ratio (PR)=1.04 [1.00, 1.07] p=0.02). Among schools with better baseline water access during the dry season (schools that didn't receive a water source), we found no evidence of increased enrollment in schools that received a HP&WT intervention (ß=0.016 [-0.039, 0.072] p=0.56) or the HP&WT and sanitation intervention (ß=0.027 [-0.028, 0.082]p=0.34), and there was no evidence of improved gender parity (PR=0.99 [0.96, 1.02] p=0.59, PR=1.00 [0.97, 1.02] p=0.75, respectively). Our findings suggest that increased school enrollment and improved gender parity may be influenced by a comprehensive WASH program that includes an improved water source; schools with poor water access during the dry season may benefit most from these interventions.
A Cluster-Randomized Trial Assessing The Impact Of School Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Improvements On Pupil Enrollment And Gender Parity In Enrollment
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- Publication
- Richard D. Rheingans, Joshua V. Garn, Leslie E. Greene, Robert Dreibelbis, Shadi Saboori, and Matthew C. Freeman(2013) "A Cluster-Randomized Trial Assessing The Impact Of School Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene Improvements On Pupil Enrollment And Gender Parity In Enrollment" Version of Record Available From (www.researchgate.net)
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- enrollment, gender parity, Kenya, sanitation, WASH