Jagnoor Jagnoor, Gupta Medhavi, Ul Baset Kamran, Ryan Daniel, Ivers Rebecca, Rahman Aminur
The George Institute for Global Health, India and The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Level 5/1 King St, Sydney, 2042, Newtown NSW, Australia E-mail:
Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, House 162B, Road 23, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.
J Water Health. 2019 Feb;17(1):172-178. doi: 10.2166/wh.2018.243.
The present study investigated associations between water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) factors and fatal and non-fatal drowning events in Bangladesh. Here, we report findings from a large household survey (89,700) conducted in Barisal Division of Bangladesh. Univariate analyses showed that the use of surface water rather than piped water was associated with an increased risk of both fatal and non-fatal drowning events. Additionally, increased risk of non-fatal drowning events was associated with shared toilet facilities, lack of toilet facilities and non-cemented flooring such as bamboo and wood. The WASH measures reduce the need to access exposure to open water, thus reducing drowning events.
本研究调查了孟加拉国水、环境卫生和个人卫生（WASH）因素与致命和非致命溺水事件之间的关联。在此，我们报告在孟加拉国巴里萨尔分区进行的一项大型家庭调查（89,700户）的结果。单因素分析表明，使用地表水而非管道水与致命和非致命溺水事件的风险增加有关。此外，非致命溺水事件风险增加与共用厕所设施、缺乏厕所设施以及竹木地板和木地板等非水泥地面有关。水、环境卫生和个人卫生措施减少了接触开放水域的需求，从而减少了溺水事件。
