Volume 63, Issue 2, November 2022, Pages 189–195
Elias Bashimbe Raphaël1, Bitongwa Jacques2, Tabu Kasororo Alphonse3, and Doris Bengibabuya Hombanyi4
1 Higher Institute of Agroforestry and Environmental Management of Kahuzi-Biega (ISAGE-KB), South Kivu, RD Congo
2 Regional School of Public Health (ERSP), South Kivu, RD Congo
3 Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Bukavu (ISTM-Bukavu), South Kivu, RD Congo
4 Ecole régionale de santé Publique, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: English
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Introduction: For thousands of years humanity has been struck by epidemics, scourges. Schools determine in part the health and well-being of children by providing them with a healthy or unhealthy environment. In South Kivu, the population is confronted with insufficient drinking water, inadequate sanitation facilities, including public latrines, garbage cans, public dumps. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study involving 401 respondents including 384 students and 17 heads of schools. Data collection was done using the survey questionnaire and an interview guide. The data analyses were done with SPSS v23 software. Results: The level of hygiene and sanitation practice is low (46.4%). This would be significantly associated with lack of access to water in schools, insufficient handwashing kits, non-drinkability of water used at school, absence of garbage cans and health days, non-washing of hands with soap before consuming food, non-participation in cleaning and maintenance, absence or poor quality of urinals in some schools, the non-separation of latrines for girls and boys, ignorance of the dangers of lack of hygiene and basic sanitation at school, poor construction of latrines, and non-washing of hands with soap after toilet (p<0.05). Conclusion: The practice of hygiene and sanitation remains weak and this must involve a collective awareness to find life-saving solutions in the training schools of executives.
Author Keywords: Hygiene and sanitation, schools, Nkafu quater.
Elias Bashimbe Raphaël1, Bitongwa Jacques2, Tabu Kasororo Alphonse3, and Doris Bengibabuya Hombanyi4
1 Higher Institute of Agroforestry and Environmental Management of Kahuzi-Biega (ISAGE-KB), South Kivu, RD Congo
2 Regional School of Public Health (ERSP), South Kivu, RD Congo
3 Higher Institute of Medical Techniques of Bukavu (ISTM-Bukavu), South Kivu, RD Congo
4 Ecole régionale de santé Publique, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Sud-Kivu, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Introduction: For thousands of years humanity has been struck by epidemics, scourges. Schools determine in part the health and well-being of children by providing them with a healthy or unhealthy environment. In South Kivu, the population is confronted with insufficient drinking water, inadequate sanitation facilities, including public latrines, garbage cans, public dumps. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study involving 401 respondents including 384 students and 17 heads of schools. Data collection was done using the survey questionnaire and an interview guide. The data analyses were done with SPSS v23 software. Results: The level of hygiene and sanitation practice is low (46.4%). This would be significantly associated with lack of access to water in schools, insufficient handwashing kits, non-drinkability of water used at school, absence of garbage cans and health days, non-washing of hands with soap before consuming food, non-participation in cleaning and maintenance, absence or poor quality of urinals in some schools, the non-separation of latrines for girls and boys, ignorance of the dangers of lack of hygiene and basic sanitation at school, poor construction of latrines, and non-washing of hands with soap after toilet (p<0.05). Conclusion: The practice of hygiene and sanitation remains weak and this must involve a collective awareness to find life-saving solutions in the training schools of executives.
Author Keywords: Hygiene and sanitation, schools, Nkafu quater.
How to Cite this Article
Elias Bashimbe Raphaël, Bitongwa Jacques, Tabu Kasororo Alphonse, and Doris Bengibabuya Hombanyi, “Determinants of hygiene and sanitation in schools in the Nkafu quater, Kadutu health zone, Bukavu in South Kivu, DRC,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 189–195, November 2022.
