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 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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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 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0239491 |
| 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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