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Download fileSanitation and health challenges in Universities: a status report on studies conducted in Adama University, Ethiopia
conference contribution
posted on 12.02.2018, 15:09 authored by Wudneh A. Shewa, Jan-Olof Drangert, Nina HartmuthThis study is about the hygiene behaviour of students in relation to sanitation arrangements in Adama
University, Ethiopia. The study identifies different practices and challenges and pinpoints changes and
improvements in the hygiene behaviour of the students which may have a positive impact on health. In
addition, the student’s perception about ecological sanitation and their attitudes towards the use of
urinediverting
dry toilets and recycling of organic matter and nutrients from human excreta were
assessed. The existing sanitation arrangements were investigated and the relevant officials of the
university were interviewed about the sanitation situation in the university. The methods include
observation, conversational interviews, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and detailed
structured interviews with 110 students. The interventions proposed to improve the hygiene behaviour of
students will also help to raise satisfaction in the existing facilities and build sustainability of sanitation
systems and can also be adopted by other Universities.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)