International Journal of Health and Clinical Research

Yazarlar: Akhoury Prabhat Kumar Sinha, Rashmi Singh, Nilima Sharan

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Keywords: Adolescent girls,Sanitary facilities,Urban slums.

Özet: Aim:  The barriers to accessing hygienic sanitary facilities experienced by adolescent girls in an urban slum. Materials and Method: The study included 98 adolescent females (10-19 years) living in an urban slum of Patna. Result: Mean age of adolescent girls in the present study was 15.44 ±2.2 years (Range:12 to 19 years) and majority of them were in high school (60.2%). About half (42%) of the study subject were living in semipucca house and only 38% had access to an independent toilet facility, 9% were practicing open defecation and remaining 51% were using public toilets. Conclusion: The availability of sanitation facility and latrine utilization rate of the households were satisfactory.Privacy is a concern in public toilets.    

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