Household sanitation and personal hygiene practices are associated with child stunting in rural India: a cross-sectional analysis of surveys

Abstract

Improved conditions of sanitation and hygiene practices are associated with reduced prevalence of stunting in rural India. Policies and programming aiming to address child stunting should encompass WASH interventions, thus shifting the emphasis from nutrition-specific to nutrition-sensitive programming. Future randomised trials are warranted to validate the causal association.