Facilitators and Barriers to Effective Water and Sanitation Interventions for Characterizing Shigellosis Incidence in Jiangsu, China

Effective water and sanitation interventions can help to reduce the prevalence of waterborne diseases such as shigellosis, which is a diarrheal disease prevalent in rural areas of China. Water and sanitation interventions can be strengthened or undermined by facilitators and barriers, which are factors that assist or hinder access to safe water and adequate sanitation. Facilitators and barriers can be assessed using a conceptual framework of socioeconomic and water and sanitation determinants to understand the prevalence of shigellosis. Insight into facilitators and barriers can help various stakeholders to strategize with communities to implement a sensible solution to the rural water crisis in China.