TABLE 4.
Final multivariate model of factors independently associated with diarrhoeal diseases amongst urban refugee children between the ages of two and five seen at Eastleigh City Council Health Centre, Nairobi, August–December, 2010.
| Factors | aOR | 95 % CI |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | UL | |||
| Handwashing | ||||
| Child does not wash hands with soap | 5.9 | 2.3 | 15.6 | 0.001 |
| No hand washing facility in home | 5.5 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 0.005 |
| Exposure within home | ||||
| Child not exclusively breastfed for first six months | 7.6 | 1.5 | 39.1 | 0.020 |
| Use wide-mouthed container to store water | 39.8 | 3.4 | 470.5 | 0.003 |
| Child ate food cooked previous day | 23.8 | 3.2 | 77.1 | 0.002 |
| No rack for drying dishes in home | 6.7 | 2.3 | 20.7 | 0.001 |
| Exposure outside home | ||||
| Neighbour had diarrhoea two weeks previously | 39.9 | 2.6 | 623.2 | 0.008 |
| Child shared toilet with diarrhoea patient | 29.9 | 2.8 | 322.2 | 0.005 |
| Child drank water outside home five days before the study | 10.0 | 1.8 | 57.1 | 0.009 |
Source: Authors’ own construction
CI, Confidence Interval; LL, Lower Limit; UL, Upper Limit