Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies?

Conclusions Access to ‘improved’ water and toilets had independent associations with children's PPVT scores that often persisted with adjustment for covariates. Our findings suggest that effects of W&S may go beyond subacute and acute infections and physical growth to include children's language performance, a critical component of cognitive development.

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Source: BMJ Open - March 6, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dearden, K. A., Brennan, A. T., Behrman, J. R., Schott, W., Crookston, B. T., Humphries, D. L., Penny, M. E., Fernald, L. C. H., on behalf of the Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team Tags: Open access, Global health, Nutrition and metabolism, Public health Research Source Type: research