Water disinfection and hygiene behaviour in an urban slum in Kenya: impact on childhood diarrhoea and influence of beliefs
| Autor: | Martin Wegelin, Jürg Graf, Regula Meierhofer, Hans-Joachim Mosler |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Diarrhea
Male medicine.medical_specialty Sanitation Urban Population Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Population Health Behavior Water Purification Hygiene Water Supply Urbanization Environmental health Poverty Areas 2307 Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Medicine Humans Raw water education media_common education.field_of_study business.industry 10093 Institute of Psychology Public health Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Shanty town General Medicine 2739 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pollution Kenya Solar water disinfection Social Perception 2310 Pollution Child Preschool Regression Analysis Female business 150 Psychology |
| Zdroj: | International journal of environmental health research. 18(5) |
| ISSN: | 1369-1619 |
| Popis: | In this research project, we studied factors that presumably affect the incidence of diarrhoea among young children in urban slums in developing countries: consumption of safe drinks, hygiene behaviour, cleanliness of household surroundings and the quality of raw water. Beliefs concerning the causes of diarrhoea were also related to health-improving behaviour, namely the application of the water-treatment method SODIS (solar water disinfection) and hygiene behaviour. We conducted a survey in a shanty town in Nairobi, Kenya. Field workers interviewed 500 households. Analysis with regression models revealed that two out of the four postulated factors were significant: children have a lower risk of contracting diarrhoea when they consume high percentages of safe drinks and live in households with good hygiene. As regards beliefs, we found that biomedical knowledge of children's diarrhoea as well as the perceived social norm for treating water was associated with the use of SODIS and good hygiene. |
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