BetaBetaDataset
To determine the magnitude and dimensions of the safe management of feces aimed at making policy level stakeholders aware of child feces management systems and so, inform evidence-based implementation of child and health-related programs in Nigeria.
Although safe management of feces (SMoF) and environmental contamination by fecal pathogens have been extensively researched, the SMoF in under-five children has been perennially neglected, perhaps due to the misconception that it is harmless. Therefore, this research studied the situation, to determine the magnitude and dimensions of the problem aimed at making policy level stakeholders aware of child feces management systems and so, inform evidence-based implementation of child and health-related programs in Nigeria.
HTML tables with summaries on economic indices of caregivers of under-five children in study area, knowledge of caregivers on selected child defecation and hygiene variables on child defecation management practices.
Data were collected using an exploratory cross-sectional design and a multi-stage sampling technique to identify respondents from randomly selected streets from wards in Ife central local government area.