The Added Value of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Mass Drug Administration for Reducing the Prevalence of Trachoma: A Systematic Review Examining

Travers, Anyess R; Strasser, Sheryl; Palmer, Stephanie L.; Stauber, Christine E.

doi:10.1155/2013/682093

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“…Our findings corroborate evidence from prior investigation that community-based F&E interventions have largely focused on hardware and resource provision plus information dissemination [ 77 – 80 ]. However, a few works highlight interventions that incorporate approaches or capitalize on non-health motives that address more proximal influencers of improved F&E practices [ 81 , 82 ].…”

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Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

Delea

Solomon

et al. 2018

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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BackgroundEfforts are underway to scale-up the facial cleanliness and environmental improvement (F&E) components of the World Health Organization’s SAFE strategy for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Improving understanding of the F&E intervention landscape could inform advancements prior to scale-up, and lead to more effective and sustained behavior change.Methods/findingsWe systematically searched for relevant grey literature published from January 1965 through August 2016. Publications were eligible for review if they described interventions addressing F&E in the context of trachoma elimination programs. Subsequent to screening, we mapped attributes of F&E interventions. We then employed three behavior change frameworks to synthesize mapped data and identify potential intervention gaps. We identified 27 documents meeting inclusion criteria. With the exception of some recent programming, F&E interventions have largely focused on intermediate and distal antecedents of behavior change. Evidence from our analyses suggests many interventions are not designed to address documented determinants of improved F&E practices. No reviewed documents endorsed inclusion of intervention components related to behavioral maintenance or resilience–factors critical for sustaining improved behaviors.ConclusionsIf left unaddressed, identified gaps in intervention content may continue to challenge uptake and sustainability of improved F&E behaviors. Stakeholders designing and implementing trachoma elimination programs should review their F&E intervention content and delivery approaches with an eye toward improvement, including better alignment with established behavior change theories and empirical evidence. Implementation should move beyond information dissemination, and appropriately employ a variety of behavior change techniques to address more proximal influencers of change.

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confidence: 89%

Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

Delea

Solomon

et al. 2018

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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“…Chlamydia trachomatis is the cause of trachoma, a disease of the eyes related to water shortage. Water can be important in reducing trachoma, where the F and E of the SAFE strategy (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and environmental improvement) were strongly linked to disease reduction [169]. Another trachoma SR found the studies too limited to demonstrate the impact of F and E [170].…”

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confidence: 99%

Climate Change and Water-Related Infectious Diseases

Nichols

Lake²,

Heaviside

2018

Atmosphere

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Background: Water-related, including waterborne, diseases remain important sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but particularly in developing countries. The potential for changes in disease associated with predicted anthropogenic climate changes make water-related diseases a target for prevention. Methods: We provide an overview of evidence on potential future changes in water-related disease associated with climate change. Results: A number of pathogens are likely to present risks to public health, including cholera, typhoid, dysentery, leptospirosis, diarrhoeal diseases and harmful algal blooms (HABS). The risks are greatest where the climate effects drive population movements, conflict and disruption, and where drinking water supply infrastructure is poor. The quality of evidence for water-related disease has been documented. Conclusions: We highlight the need to maintain and develop timely surveillance and rapid epidemiological responses to outbreaks and emergence of new waterborne pathogens in all countries. While the main burden of waterborne diseases is in developing countries, there needs to be both technical and financial mechanisms to ensure adequate quantities of good quality water, sewage disposal and hygiene for all. This will be essential in preventing excess morbidity and mortality in areas that will suffer from substantial changes in climate in the future.Atmosphere 2018, 9, 385 2 of 60 which do not suffer the consequences of extreme events to the same extent [4]. Due to the lifetime of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and the timescales associated with ocean warming, even if global CO 2 emissions were curtailed immediately, the effects on the earth's climate, including increasing temperatures and sea level rise would continue for a number of decades before starting to plateau [2]. However, this should be seen as a general call to action to reduce emissions as soon as possible, given that the impacts are likely to extend beyond current conditions and there are indications that economic investment now will be likely to reduce costs later [5]. There is also a need to develop adaptations to cope with changes in climate. Recent research highlighting the health benefits of limiting future temperature rises to the more ambitious target of 1.5 • C rather than 2 • C, in line with the Paris agreement of 2016, further emphasises the need to limit emissions [6].Climate change affects health in a number of ways, and the impacts vary both geographically and between different populations. A growing and ageing population in much of the world means that the proportion of the population who are vulnerable to the effects of climate change will increase in the future [7]. The most direct impacts from climate change are from the effects of high temperatures, and from acute impacts relating to extreme events such as storms, floods and heatwaves. These physical or meteorological stressors can produce direct health effects, such as physical injury, illness, or mental health impacts du...

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“…In recent years, numerous systematic reviews have assessed the impact of water on health, especially diarrheal diseases [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Other reviews have examined the impact of water on nutritional status [ 9 ], soil-transmitted helminth infections [ 10 ] and trachoma [ 11 , 12 ]. These reviews, however, either focus on “improved” versus “unimproved” water supplies, on specific types of water supplies (e.g., piped water), or on improvements in water quality.…”

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Household Water Quantity and Health: A Systematic Review

Stelmach

Clasen

2015

IJERPH

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While the quantity of water used in the home is thought to be an important determinant of health, much of the evidence relies on using water access as a proxy for quantity. This review examines the health effects of household water quantity using studies that directly measured water quantity. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and article reference lists. Eligible studies included experimental and observational studies that measured a difference in water quantity and quantified an association between water quantity and health outcomes. 21 studies, divided into six of the many possible water-quantity associated outcomes, met the eligibility criteria. Due to heterogeneity in designs, settings, methods, and outcomes, a meta-analysis was inappropriate. Overall results showed a positive association between water quantity and health outcomes, but the effect depended on how the water was used. Increased water usage for personal hygiene was generally associated with improved trachoma outcomes, while increased water consumption was generally associated with reduced gastrointestinal infection and diarrheal disease and improved growth outcomes. In high-income countries, increased water consumption was associated with higher rates of renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer but not associated with type II diabetes, cardiac-related mortality, or all-cause mortality.

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The Added Value of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Mass Drug Administration for Reducing the Prevalence of Trachoma: A Systematic Review Examining

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature

Climate Change and Water-Related Infectious Diseases

Household Water Quantity and Health: A Systematic Review

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