Racial and ethnic disparities in access to safe water and sanitation in high-income countries: a case study among the Arab-Bedouins of Southern Israel

Autor: Jesse D. Contreras, Haneen Shibli, Marisa C. Eisenberg, Ahmad S. Muhammad, Nadav Davidovitch, Mark A. Katz, Nihaya Daoud, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg

Publikováno v: Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Vol 13, Iss 9, Pp 611-624 (2023)

Disparities in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene within high-income countries are common and often occur across racial/ethnic lines. The Arab-Bedouins in Israel, a formerly nomadic ethno-national minority, have experienced displacement, forced

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Evaluation of an on-site sanitation intervention against childhood diarrhea and acute respiratory infection 1 to 3.5 years after implementation: Extended follow-up of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

Autor: Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Alan E. Hubbard, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayse Ercumen

Publikováno v: PLoS medicine, vol 19, iss 8

Background Diarrhea and acute respiratory infection (ARI) are leading causes of death in children. The WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial implemented a multicomponent sanitation intervention that led to a 39% reduction in the prevalence of diarrhea among

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https://escholarship.org/uc/item/96f8q3mt

Influence of community-level sanitation coverage and population density on environmental fecal contamination and child health in a longitudinal cohort in rural Bangladesh

Autor: Jesse D. Contreras, Mahfuza Islam, Andrew Mertens, Amy J. Pickering, Laura H. Kwong, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Alan E. Hubbard, Mahfuja Alam, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Stephen P. Luby, John M. Colford, Ayse Ercumen

Publikováno v: International journal of hygiene and environmental health. 245

BackgroundHousehold-level sanitation interventions have had limited effects on child health or environmental contamination, potentially due to low community coverage. Higher community-level coverage with safely managed sanitation can reduce opportuni

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36058111

Modeling Spatial Risk of Diarrheal Disease Associated with Household Proximity to Untreated Wastewater Used for Irrigation in the Mezquital Valley, Mexico

Autor: Jon Zelner, Christina Siebe, Rafael Meza, Eunice Elizabeth Félix-Arellano, Sandra Rodríguez-Dozal, Jesse D. Contreras, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Rob Trangucci, Horacio Riojas-Rodríguez

Publikováno v: Environmental Health Perspectives

Background: Reusing wastewater for irrigation is a longstanding practice that enhances crop yields and improves climate resilience. Without treatment, however, wastewater contains harmful pathogens and chemicals. Reuse of untreated wastewater has bee

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32634028

Does Basic Sanitation Prevent Diarrhea? Contextualizing Recent Intervention Trials through a Historical Lens

Autor: Jesse D. Contreras, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 230 (2019)

Three of four recent major sanitation intervention trials found no effect on diarrhea. These results conflicted with longstanding beliefs from decades of literature. To understand this discordance, we placed recent trials into the historical context

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6981821