Impact of the provision of safe drinking water on school absence rates in Cambodia:a quasi-experimental study

Hunter, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5608-6144, Risebro, Helen, Yen, Marie, Lefebvre, Hélène, Lo, Chay, Hartemann, Philippe, Longuet, Christophe and Jaquenoud, François (2014) Impact of the provision of safe drinking water on school absence rates in Cambodia:a quasi-experimental study. PLoS One, 9 (3). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Education is one of the most important drivers behind helping people in developing countries lift themselves out of poverty. However, even when schooling is available absenteeism rates can be high. Recently interest has focussed on whether or not WASH interventions can help reduce absenteeism in developing countries. However, none has focused exclusively on the role of drinking water provision. We report a study of the association between absenteeism and provision of treated water in containers into schools.

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Additional Information: © 2014 Hunter et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: sdg 6 - clean water and sanitation ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/clean_water_and_sanitation
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2014 12:40
Last Modified: 11 Jan 2024 01:27
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/50405
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091847

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