ABSTRACT
Objective To understand the situation of rebuilding sanitary latrine in the rural areas in Qingdao and to evaluate the effect of sanitary latrine improvement, explore the new measure of sanitary latrine improvement in the rural areas. Methods In 2005, the typical method of investigation was used to choose 365 farmers from 8 rebuilding sanitary latrine villages among three counties in Qingdao, and to conduct on-site survey and health questionnaires on the construction of household latrines and excreta treatment, sanitation and related knowledge. Hygienic evaluation was made in accordance with hygienic standard for rural household latrine. Results 100% of the houses had the household latrines, 80.0% were the sanitary latrines, dejecta treatment rate was 78.36%. Conclusion All evaluation indexes reach the high level, the effect of household latrine improvement in the investigated rural areas is satisfactory.