Effects of Sanitation Practices on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Urban India

Ratna Patel, Shekhar Chauhan, Dhananjay W. Bansod: Effects of Sanitation Practices on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Urban India. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Several risk factors predisposing women and their live-born to adverse outcomes during pregnancy have been documented, little is known about sanitation as a factor contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The role of sanitation in studying adverse pregnancy outcomes remains largely unexplored in Indian context. This study is an attempt to bring the focus on sanitation as a factor in adverse pregnancy outcome. METHODS: The study is based on fourth round of National Family Health Survey covering 26,972 women in the age-group 15-49. The study variables include the mother’s age, Body Mass Index (BMI), education, anaemia, and Antenatal care (ANC) visits during the last pregnancy. Children study variables include Low Birth Weight (LBW), the order of birth (Parity), and the death of the children occurred to the women in last five years. RESULTS: Findings from the study show that women who do not have access to the toilet within the house have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcome. In the multivariable model, there is no association found for adverse pregnancy outcome among women who do not have access to toilet and women who are using a shared toilet. Teenage (15-19 years), uneducated, underweight and anemic mothers are more likely to face APO as compare to other mothers in similar characteristics group. DISCUSSION: Our findings contribute to the decidedly less available literature on maternal sanitation behaviour and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our results support that sanitation is a very significant aspect for those women who are about to deliver a baby.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-162,
    title = {Effects of Sanitation Practices on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Urban India},
    author = {Ratna Patel and Shekhar Chauhan and Dhananjay W. Bansod},
    year  = {2019},
    date = {2019-07-22},
    urldate = {2019-07-22},
    journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
    issue = {6},
    abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Several risk factors predisposing women and their live-born to adverse outcomes during pregnancy have been documented, little is known about sanitation as a factor contributing to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The role of sanitation in studying adverse pregnancy outcomes remains largely unexplored in Indian context. This study is an attempt to bring the focus on sanitation as a factor in adverse pregnancy outcome. METHODS: The study is based on fourth round of National Family Health Survey covering 26,972 women in the age-group 15-49. The study variables include the mother’s age, Body Mass Index (BMI), education, anaemia, and Antenatal care (ANC) visits during the last pregnancy. Children study variables include Low Birth Weight (LBW), the order of birth (Parity), and the death of the children occurred to the women in last five years. RESULTS: Findings from the study show that women who do not have access to the toilet within the house have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcome. In the multivariable model, there is no association found for adverse pregnancy outcome among women who do not have access to toilet and women who are using a shared toilet. Teenage (15-19 years), uneducated, underweight and anemic mothers are more likely to face APO as compare to other mothers in similar characteristics group. DISCUSSION: Our findings contribute to the decidedly less available literature on maternal sanitation behaviour and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Our results support that sanitation is a very significant aspect for those women who are about to deliver a baby.},
    note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, India},
    keywords = {Adverse Pregnancy Outcome, Low Birth Weight, Sanitation, Urban India.},
    pubstate = {published},
    tppubtype = {proceedings}
    }