The influence of culture on open defaecation in some basic schools in selected districts in Ghana: A preliminary study

Autor: Benjamin D. Ofori, Stephen Afranie, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Philip Baba Adongo, Saviour Victor Kwabla Adjibolosoo
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
Physiology
Culture
Social Sciences
Target audience
Ghana
Geographical Locations
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Sociology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine and Health Sciences
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Sanitation
Social science
Child
Defecation
Children
media_common
Schools
Latitude
Multidisciplinary
Geography
Medicine
Female
Psychology
Environmental Health
Research Article
Social status
Cartography
Adolescent
Science
media_common.quotation_subject
030231 tropical medicine
Qualitative property
Social issues
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Humans
Social Behavior
Curriculum
Taboo
Biology and Life Sciences
Social Status
Focus group
Health Care
Age Groups
People and Places
Africa
Earth Sciences
Population Groupings
Norm (social)
Physiological Processes
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 10, p e0239491 (2020)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Open defaecation has remained a major public and environmental health concern which has gained global attention. This study explored cultural factors including superstition, taboo, norms and values influencing open defaecation behaviour among basic school pupils in the Eastern and Volta Regions all within Southern Ghana. Self-reported data were collected from 400 pupils using structured questionnaire and focus group discussions. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data. The qualitative data was analyzed using thematic content analytical procedure. The results of the study showed, superstitions, traditional norms and taboo yielded statistically significant effect sizes with pupils' open defaecation behaviour: and superstition: r = 0.728, p< 0.05; traditional norms: r = 0.425, p
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