Context and intentions: practical associations for fecal sludge management in rural low-income Cambodia
| Autor: | Toeur Veasna, Angela R. Bielefeldt, Chris Nicoletti, James Harper, Amy Javernick-Will |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Low income
Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences Development 01 natural sciences Pollution Fecal sludge management 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Geography 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 10:191-201 |
| ISSN: | 2408-9362 2043-9083 |
| Popis: | Finite storage capacities of household pit latrines make safely managing fecal sludge a recurring challenge for 2.7 billion people globally. Frequently without guidance from standards or regulation, rural latrine owners choose how to manage their own fecal sludge. However, their intentions – what behavioral science says are the best predictors of future behaviors – when pits fill are poorly understood, inhibiting the development of safe fecal sludge management (FSM) solutions and deteriorating public and environmental health. Using survey data commonly measured by development practitioners, we analyze response frequencies and their associations with contextual factors, such as location, month that the survey was administered, and poverty level. We also use binomial logistic regression to determine if contextual factors can be used to predict the intentions of rural Cambodian latrine owners when pits fill. We found that four in ten rural latrine owners intend to manage their fecal sludge unsafely (41%), and one in six did not have a plan (16%). Desirable FSM intentions increased markedly after rice harvest and varied markedly across provinces. Many predictors of desirable FSM intentions, such as location and satisfaction with the household's latrine, were also identified. Associations between FSM intentions and contextual factors can be used to help predict FSM behaviors and improve FSM service delivery, behavior change campaigns, and product design. However, future work should seek to characterize the complete decision-making processes of rural latrine owners when pits fill. This article has been made Open Access thanks to the generous support of a global network of libraries as part of the Knowledge Unlatched Select initiative. |
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