Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities? A systematic review of the literature

Table 7 Study Results – water supply, sanitation and hygiene education

Study	Outcome	Relative Risk/Incident Density Ratio (95% C I)
1) Hoque, Juncker et al 1996 [40] CBA Quality Score 2^a	Diarrhoea
	Children
	<5 yrs
	>5 yrs	*Point Prevalence provided^b
2) Aziz, Hoque et al 1990 [42] CBA	Diarrhoea
	Children <5yrs	0.75 (0.70, 0.80)^c
	Dysentery
	Children <5yrs	0.73 (0.61, 0.88)^d
3)Hasan, Briend et al 1989 [41] CBA	Nutritional differences (no significant difference identified)	Not provided
1) Huttly, Blum et al 1990 [52] 2) Blum, Emeh et al 1990 [53] CBA Quality Score 2^a	Diarrhoea – Children <6yrs
	Village A/C	1.27^e
	Village B/D	0.71^e

^aMaximum Score for CBA 6; ^b<5yrs 1.96 (0.96, 2.78), >5yrs 2.25 (1.56, 3.23); ^cP < 0.01; ^d P < 0.001; ^eCI not provided.

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