Access to Improved Water Sources and Sanitation in Minority Ethnic People in Vietnam and Some Sociodemographic Associations: A 2019 National Survey
| Autor: | Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Hoang Van Minh, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Luu Thi Kim Oanh, Nguyen Thanh Ha, Le Thi Thanh Huong, Nguyen Quynh Anh, Khuong Quynh Long, Tran Thi Thu Thuy, Phan Thi Thu Trang, Bui Thi Thu Ha, Cao Huu Quang, Nguyen Thi Huong |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sanitation
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis sanitation Water source Ethnic group ethnic minority people Management Monitoring Policy and Law Environmental Health Research and Practice in Vietnam 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine national survey 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics lcsh:Environmental sciences Original Research lcsh:GE1-350 030503 health policy & services lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Clean water lcsh:RA1-1270 Pollution Access Geography Vietnam improved water sources 0305 other medical science |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Insights Environmental Health Insights, Vol 14 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1178-6302 |
| Popis: | Background: Achieving access to clean water and basic sanitation remains as major challenges in Vietnam, especially for vulnerable groups such as minority people, despite all the progress made by the Millennium Development Goal number 7.C. Objectives: The study aimed to describe the access to improved water sources and sanitation of the ethnic minority people in Vietnam based on a national survey and to identify associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2019 with a sample size of 1385 ethnic minority households in 12 provinces in Vietnam. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was performed to examine the probability of having access to improved water sources and sanitation and sociodemographic status at a significance level of P Results: The access to improved water sources and sanitation was unequal among the ethnic minority people in Vietnam, with the lowest access rate in the northern midland and mountainous and Central Highland areas and the highest access rate in the Mekong Delta region. Some sociodemographic variables that were likely to increase the ethnic minority people’s access to improved water sources and/or sanitation included older age, female household heads, household heads with high educational levels, religious households, and households in not poor status. Conclusion and recommendations: The study suggested more emphasis on religion for improving the ethnic minority’s access to improved water sources and sanitation. Besides, persons of poor and near-poor status and with low educational levels should be of focus in future water and sanitation intervention programs. |
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