Household sanitation services in sub-Saharan Africa : coverage targets, child health outcomes, and a benefit-cost analysis
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- A large global health burden has been attributed to a lack of adequate sanitation access. Approximately 2.3 billion people still lacked access to basic sanitation services, a private flush toilet or improved latrine, as of 2015. There remains limited evidence on the effectiveness of shared sanitation facilities for protecting child health. Furthermore, while much research has focused on child health outcomes associated with sanitation improvements, the valuation of non-health benefits has often been neglected. Within this dissertation, I examine household sanitation service options, notably basic and limited sanitation (improved latrines and flush toilets shared by 2 or more households) with regards to child health outcomes and overall benefit values. I also consider the role of community sanitation coverage in child health and drinking water quality as compared to household sanitation access in rural Mali. In Chapter 1, I found the level of sanitation access of surrounding households was more important than private latrine access for protecting water quality and child health. In Chapter 2, I examine the associations between sharing of sanitation facilities and child health outcomes via a combination of matching techniques. Limited and basic sanitation households were not significantly different in stunting prevalence, although basic sanitation indicated greater potential benefits when compared to open defecation and unimproved sanitation. In Chapter 3, I quantify the costs and benefits of basic and limited sanitation options in urban Uganda. Sanitation benefits were an estimated 24 percent of rental value for basic sanitation and 16 percent for limited sanitation shared between 2 and 4 households. The overall benefits and costs in urban settings indicate a potential role for both limited and basic sanitation in increasing sanitation coverage despite minimal health benefits at the household level.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Harris, Michael Robert |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Bendavid, Eran |
| Degree supervisor | Thompson, Barton H, Jr |
| Thesis advisor | Bendavid, Eran |
| Thesis advisor | Thompson, Barton H, Jr |
| Thesis advisor | Davis, Jenna |
| Thesis advisor | Pickering, Amy (Amy Janel) |
| Degree committee member | Davis, Jenna |
| Degree committee member | Pickering, Amy (Amy Janel) |
| Associated with | Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (Stanford University) |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Michael Harris. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (Stanford University). |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Michael Robert Harris
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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