School Sanitation and Hygiene Education

Marielle Snel (IRC) (2003)

This TOP focuses on sanitation and hygiene education at the school level. It may be of relevance to practitioners and to academics who are working directly or indirectly on School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE). For example managers and trainers involved in SSHE programmes operating at the state, district or community level may find the paper useful and it may also assist teachers at the community level who are focusing on certain aspects of SSHE.

Although there are no predetermined steps to creating a successful SSHE programme, the TOP does give insight to a number of elements that the reader should keep in mind for an SSHE project.

The following pages describe:

• Some basic facts and challenges about school sanitation and hygiene education
• Some initiatives taken in SSHE
• The implications of SSHE across the range of levels from policy-making to field activity.
• Steps that can be taken to improve SSHE at the macro and micro level
• Lessons learned and issues which stakeholders should take into consideration
• Important information sources
• Case Studies

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