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Low community sanitation coverage may lead to increased exposure to pathogens for households both with and without a sanitation facility.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We created a retrospective cohort using Demographic and Health Surveys from 1990 through 2018. Using regression with matched women as a random intercept, we assessed the association between community-level sanitation coverage and neonatal mortality (Poisson model,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =1 254 862 live births, 187 datasets), small birth size (logit model,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =1 058 843 live births, 187 datasets) and anaemia (logit model,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      =1 304 626 women, 75 datasets).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among women with household sanitation, the incidence of neonatal death (incidence rate ratio: 0.85, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.93), the odds of small birth size (OR: 0.81, 95% CI 0.76 to 0.87) and anaemia (OR: 0.82, 95% CI 0.79 to 0.85) were lower for women in communities with 100% sanitation coverage compared with 1%\u201330% (p\u22640.001 for all). There was no difference in neonatal deaths between women in communities with 31%\u201399% sanitation coverage compared with 1%\u201330% (p\u22650.05). Among women without household sanitation, there were no differences in neonatal mortality by community sanitation (p\u22650.05). The odds of small birth size were decreased (OR: 0.91, 95% CI 0.87 to 0.97, p=0.003) for women in communities with 61%\u201399% sanitation coverage compared with 1%\u201330%; there was no association with the other community sanitation categories (p\u22650.05). The odds of anaemia were increased (OR: 1.08, 95% CI 1.06 to 1.11, p&lt;0.001) for women living in communities with 0% sanitation coverage compared with 1%\u201330%, but no association with the other community sanitation categories (p\u22650.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Community sanitation coverage is associated with improved maternal and neonatal outcomes, particularly among women with household sanitation. This suggests that the impact of sanitation coverage on maternal and neonatal health is underestimated unless the community-level effects are considered.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjgh-2021-005674","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,10]],"date-time":"2021-10-10T01:40:54Z","timestamp":1633830054000},"page":"e005674","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Community-level impacts of sanitation coverage on maternal and neonatal health: a retrospective cohort of survey data"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2143-7554","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brittany L","family":"Kmush","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bhavneet","family":"Walia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anushruta","family":"Neupane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carolina","family":"Frances","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Idris Ahmed","family":"Mohamed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mahwish","family":"Iqbal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David A","family":"Larsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025072913524309000_6.10.e005674.1","unstructured":"UNICEF, WHO . 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