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| Title |
Determinants of access to improved sanitation facilities in rural districts of southern Ghana: evidence from Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-018-3572-6 |
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| Authors |
David Etsey Akpakli, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Jonas Kofi Akpakli, Vida Kukula, Margaret Gyapong |
| Abstract |
Access to improved sanitation facilities is critical to the health and well-being of individuals and communities. However, globally, over 2.5 billion people live without access to safe sanitation facilities and more than 40% of the world population, do not use a toilet, but defecate in the open or in unsanitary places. In Ghana, only 14% of the population have access to improved sanitation facilities with great disparities between rural (8%) and urban (19%) dwellers. This paper sought to examine the determinants of access to improved sanitation facilities by households among rural dwellers in two districts in southern Ghana. This study, which involved 16,353 household heads from the Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, found that sanitation facilities used by households were significantly influenced by age, gender, level of education, occupation, marital and socioeconomic status of household heads. It further revealed that a large proportion (85.94%) of the study participants did not have access to improved sanitation facilities. The study therefore recommends that the national sanitation laws must strictly be enforced to ensure each household in Ghana has decent and hygienic toilet facility. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 174 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 174 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 10% |
| Researcher | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 21 | 12% |
| Unknown | 68 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 26 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 8% |
| Environmental Science | 14 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 5% |
| Engineering | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 26 | 15% |
| Unknown | 76 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 July 2018.
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#15,540,879
of 23,096,849 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#2,337
of 4,287 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#208,716
of 327,048 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#72
of 142 outputs
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