Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Jenna Swarthout, Pavani K. Ram, Charles D. Arnold, Holly N. Dentz, Benjamin F. Arnold, Stephen Kalungu, Audrie Lin, Sammy M. Njenga, Christine P. Stewart, John M. Colford, Clair Null and Amy J. Pickering

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Abstract: Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.

Keywords: water sanitation; handwashing; nutrition; child respiratory infections; rural Kenya; RCT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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