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Availability And Adequacy Of Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (Wash) Facilities In Secondary Schools, Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Noeem Thanny Taiwo
Availability And Adequacy Of Water, Sanitation And Hygiene (Wash) Facilities In Secondary Schools, Rotimi Williams Olatunji, Noeem Thanny Taiwo
Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development
Hand-washing practice, which is globally recognized as the simplest, most affordable and effective way of curtailing the spread of infectious diseases, is still low in developing countries. This is largely influenced by the dearth and adequacy of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities. This paper investigated the level of availability and adequacy of WASH facilities in secondary schools in a developing, sub-Sharan country, particularly Lagos State, Nigeria. Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) guided this research. In all, 620 pupils were selected through multi-stage sampling methods. Two local government areas were selected from each of the three senatorial zones in the study …