The Toilet Revolution Empowers Rural Revitalization based on a Health Perspective

Authors

  • Huansu Wang
  • Xiaolong Ma
  • Kejun Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/ghx7e916

Keywords:

Toilet Revolution; Health Human Capital; Rural Revitalization.

Abstract

Since the reform and opening up, with the rapid development of the Chinese economy, public health problems have become increasingly serious. At the same time, due to the reality of imbalanced urban-rural development in China, improving the living environment in rural areas is the key and difficult point to achieve rural revitalization. Therefore, in 2015, the Chinese government officially began the "Toilet Revolution", a national public health movement aimed at improving urban and rural public health problems, enhancing people's quality of life, promoting rural economic development, and further promoting the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Based on a health perspective, this article analyzes the impact of the "toilet revolution" on rural health human capital by reviewing existing data and literature such as the "China Statistical Yearbook" on the level of health service expenditure and the number of sanitary toilet constructions. It further elucidates the mechanism by which the "toilet revolution" empowers rural revitalization, providing a theoretical basis for the government to deepen the "toilet revolution", narrow the urban-rural gap, and promote rural revitalization.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

[1] Wang Qi, Zhao Zhao, Zhou Qian, et al. Health Infrastructure and Health Human Capital [J]. China Economic Issues, 2024, (02): 91-105.

[2] Liang Chao, Lin Chen, Wang Susu. Rural Living Environment, Resident Health, and Medical Burden: A Study Based on the "Toilet Revolution". World Economy, 2023, 46 (12): 197-224.

[3] Ren Xin, Yin Guibin. Research on the Rural "Toilet Revolution" and Its Value under the Background of Rural Revitalization [J]. Rural Economy and Technology, 2023, 34 (14): 154-156.

[4] Yao Fucheng, Yan Xingwen. The Current Situation and Development Countermeasures of Toilet Revolution from the Perspective of Rural Revitalization [J]. Water Supply and Drainage, 2023, 59 (S1): 936-942.

[5] Dong Jie, Yin Xiguo, Zhang Kuan, etc Toilet Revolution "and Rural Minors' Health: Micro evidence and Mechanism of Action [J]. Agricultural Technology and Economics, 2022, (07): 128-144.

[6] Liu Chuanming, Liu Yue. Study on the Impact of Rural Toilet Reform on Farmers' Medical and Health Expenditure [J]. Agricultural Economic Issues, 2020, (10): 89-102

[7] Li Jie, Wang Yubin, Cheng Pengfei. How to accelerate the "toilet revolution" in rural China--Based on the experience and inspiration of typical countries [J]. World Agriculture, 2020, (10): 20-26.

[8] Yu Jingwen, Miao Yanqing. Health Human Capital and Regional Economic Growth in China [J]. Journal of Wuhan University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), 2019, 72 (05): 161-175.

[9] Yu Fawen. Improvement of Rural Living Environment under the Strategy of Rural Revitalization [J]. Research on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, 2019, (02): 80-85.

[10] Édila Dalmaso Coswosk, Priscila Neves Silva,Celina Maria Modena, Wait Having a toilet is not enough: the limitations in fulfilling the human rights to water and sanitation in a municipal school in Bahia, Brazil[J]. BMC Public Health,2019,19(1):1-9.

[11] Deng Liyuan, Tang Dynasty Sheng, Yu Chichen. Empirical Study on the Impact of Health Human Capital of Rural Residents on Their Non Agricultural Employment Income in China [J]. Population Journal, 2018, 40 (01): 102-112.

[12] Afolabi O O, Sohail M .Microwaving human faecal sludge as a viable sanitation technology option for treatment and value recovery – A critical review[J]. Journal of Environmental Management,2017, 187401-415.

[13] Skambraks A, Kjerstadius H, Meier M , et al. Source separation sewage systems as a trend in urban wastewater management: Drivers for the implementation of pilot areas in Northern Europe[J]. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2017,28287-296.

[14] Qi Yu, Lu Hongyou, Zhang Ningchuan. Environmental Quality, Health Human Capital, and Economic Growth [J]. Finance and Trade Economics, 2015, (06): 124-135.

[15] Kassaw T T, Molla M S. Menstrual hygiene management and school absenteeism among female adolescent students in Northeast Ethiopia.[J]. BMC public health, 2014, 14(1):11-18.

[16] Fogel, R. W. Economic-growth, Population Theory, and Physiology-the Bearing of Long-term Processes on the Making of Economic- policy. American Economic Review, 1994, 84( 3) : 369-395.

Downloads

Published

2024-09-26

Issue

Section

Articles