Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey
Background: Although a good number of individual household latrines have been constructed in Bihar during the past few years, still, a huge task remains to be completed. The paper is based on the study of “concurrent monitoring of LSBA/SBM [G] in select districts of Bihar”. Objectives: The aim is to...
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| description | Background: Although a good number of individual household latrines have been constructed in Bihar during the past few years, still, a huge task remains to be completed. The paper is based on the study of “concurrent monitoring of LSBA/SBM [G] in select districts of Bihar”. Objectives: The aim is to understand different dimensions of the sanitation situation in Bihar. The objective is to suggest policy based on the findings. Materials and Methods: This study is based on primary data collected at the household level and public institutions in six districts of Bihar. Results: The analysis reveals that except a few categories, socioeconomic indicators such as religion, economic condition, or educational attainments have no significant impact on having a latrine at the household level. The variations in the construction of latrines among different districts emphasize that the public program needs to be implemented more effectively. It is also found that women are more vulnerable in a situation of open defecation. Conclusion: The challenge is to encourage people for the sustained use of the constructed latrines. This puts emphasis on changing the behavioral pattern of the people. This requires organizing a continuous awareness generation program with the aim to change the behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d7f7d46583b47f0ad12636961d241bd2023-08-23T08:24:06ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Public Health0019-557X2023-01-0167225926410.4103/ijph.ijph_189_23Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field surveyRajeev Kamal KumarAbhijit GhoshBackground: Although a good number of individual household latrines have been constructed in Bihar during the past few years, still, a huge task remains to be completed. The paper is based on the study of “concurrent monitoring of LSBA/SBM [G] in select districts of Bihar”. Objectives: The aim is to understand different dimensions of the sanitation situation in Bihar. The objective is to suggest policy based on the findings. Materials and Methods: This study is based on primary data collected at the household level and public institutions in six districts of Bihar. Results: The analysis reveals that except a few categories, socioeconomic indicators such as religion, economic condition, or educational attainments have no significant impact on having a latrine at the household level. The variations in the construction of latrines among different districts emphasize that the public program needs to be implemented more effectively. It is also found that women are more vulnerable in a situation of open defecation. Conclusion: The challenge is to encourage people for the sustained use of the constructed latrines. This puts emphasis on changing the behavioral pattern of the people. This requires organizing a continuous awareness generation program with the aim to change the behavior.http://www.ijph.in/article.asp?issn=0019-557X;year=2023;volume=67;issue=2;spage=259;epage=264;aulast=Kumarbihar rural livelihoods promotion societyindividual household latrineslohiya swachh bihar abhiyanopen defecationsanitationswachh bharat mission |
| spellingShingle | Rajeev Kamal Kumar Abhijit Ghosh Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey Indian Journal of Public Health bihar rural livelihoods promotion society individual household latrines lohiya swachh bihar abhiyan open defecation sanitation swachh bharat mission |
| title | Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey |
| title_full | Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey |
| title_fullStr | Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey |
| title_short | Understanding sanitation dynamics in Bihar, India: Evidence from the field survey |
| title_sort | understanding sanitation dynamics in bihar india evidence from the field survey |
| topic | bihar rural livelihoods promotion society individual household latrines lohiya swachh bihar abhiyan open defecation sanitation swachh bharat mission |
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