Redman-MacLaren, M, Barrington, DJ orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-9247, Harrington, H et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Water, sanitation and hygiene systems in Pacific Island schools to promote the health and education of girls and children with disability: a systematic scoping review. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 8 (3). pp. 386-401. ISSN 2043-9083
Abstract
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems in schools contribute to successful education by promoting good health and supporting school attendance. Girl students and students with disability face significant challenges when there are inadequate WASH systems. Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) have some of the lowest levels of improved WASH systems on earth. The aim of this review was to document the characteristics and effectiveness of approaches to improve WASH systems that promote the health and education of girl students, and students with disability in PICTs. This systematic scoping review comprehensively searched peer-reviewed and grey literature about WASH, PICTs, schoolgirls and students with disability. At best, there are only fleeting mentions in the grey literature about WASH and disability in schools in PICTs. Inclusion and exclusion criteria resulted in 12 publications being included: 1 review; 7 original research; 4 commentaries/project reports. A holistic approach to WASH in schools in PICTs must consider how the entire school WASH system can be inclusive of girls and children with disability. Incorporating local PICT learning epistemologies (ways of knowing) and local PICT pedagogies (ways of learning) are required to ensure new WASH systems reduce existing inequalities for girls and students with disability.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which permits copying, adaptation and redistribution for non-commercial purposes, provided the contribution is distributed under the same licence as the original, and the original work is properly cited; (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) |
Keywords: | WASH; Epistemology; Pedagogy; Local knowledge; Melanesia; children with disability; education; girl students; Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs); public health; water; sanitation; hygiene |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 May 2018 09:29 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IWA Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.2166/washdev.2018.274 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:131475 |