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Open defecation and childhood stunting in India: an ecological analysis of new data from 112 districts. [PDF]
, 2013 Poor sanitation remains a major public health concern linked to several important health outcomes; emerging evidence indicates a link to childhood stunting.
A Deaton +30 more
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Understanding Open Defecation in the Age of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Agency, Accountability, and Anger in Rural Bihar. [PDF]
, 2020 Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, India's flagship sanitation intervention, set out to end open defecation by October 2019. While the program improved toilet coverage nationally, large regional disparities in construction and use remain. Our study used ethnographic
Jain, Anoop +3 more
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Treatment of Obstructed Defecation [PDF]
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2012 Obstructed defecation is a common problem that adversely affects the quality of life for many patients. Known causes of obstructed defecation include pelvic dyssynergy, rectocele, rectal intussusception, enterocele, pelvic organ prolapse, and overt rectal prolapse.
Rahila Essani, C. Neal Ellis
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miR-786 Regulation of a Fatty-Acid Elongase Contributes to Rhythmic Calcium-Wave Initiation in \u3cem\u3eC. elegans\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Rhythmic behaviors are ubiquitous phenomena in animals. In C. elegans, defecation is an ultradian rhythmic behavior: every ∼50 s a calcium wave initiating in the posterior intestinal cells triggers the defecation motor program that comprises ...
Abbott, Allison L. +6 more
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Effects of biofeedback on obstructive defecation--reconditioning of the defecation reflex? [PDF]
Gut, 1994 Twenty two patients with obstructive defecation were recruited for relaxation training by domiciliary self regulatory biofeedback. Each patient served as his or her own control for anorectal and proctographic assessments. Biofeedback training improved the obstructive symptoms of the patients and showed significant change in various parameters related ...
M Papachrysostomou, A N Smith
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Sanitation and Externalities: Evidence from Early Childhood Health in Rural India [PDF]
, 2014 This paper estimates two sources of benefits, one direct and the other external, related to sanitation infrastructure access on early childhood health: a direct benefit a household receives when moving from open to fixed-point defecation or from ...
Bertha O +3 more
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Constipation and Obstructed Defecation [PDF]
Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2007 Difficulties with bowel function are common and may be due to several causes including slow colonic transit and obstructed defecation. The anatomical and pathophysiological changes associated with these conditions are varying, often incompletely understood, and in many cases have limited treatment outcomes. Patients present with variable complaints and
Scott R. Steele, Anders Mellgren
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CONSTIPATION AND DEFECATION. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1894 As some members complain of being written at over their heads, perhaps a few practical points as to the above may not be out of order. Constipation is largely due to lack of nerve force; this lack may be caused by many things and it is the physician's business to find out what the leaks in the patient's economy may be. One man eats impoverished food;
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The ‘bother’ of obstructed defecation [PDF]
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017 ABSTRACTObjectiveTo examine the relationship of visual analog scale (VAS) ‘bother’ scores for obstructed defecation (OD) with demographic data, physical examination and sonographic findings of the posterior compartment.MethodsAll patients seen at a urogynecology clinic between January and October 2013 were included.
R. Guzman Rojas +6 more
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Ending open defecation in rural Tanzania: which factors facilitate latrine adoption? [PDF]
, 2014 Diarrheal diseases account for 7% of deaths in children under five years of age in Tanzania. Improving sanitation is an essential step towards reducing these deaths.
Graham, Jay, Sara, Stephen
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