Drawers of Water II: assessing change in domestic water use in East Africa

Thompson, John; Porras, Ina; Katui-Katua, Munguti; Mujwahuzi, Mark R.; Tumwine, James

doi:10.3362/0262-8104.2003.039

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“…The effect of proximity to water source on quantity of water used (White et al, 1972;Tonglet et al, 1992;Evans et al, 2013) and allocation for hygiene (Thompson et al, 2001;Cairncross and Cliff, 1987) was observed; studies reported that households with on-plot water supplies used more water and allocated more water to hygiene behavior than households using off-plot sources. Households using greater quantities of water for hygiene experienced lower trachoma prevalence, as found in a recent review (Stelmach and Clasen, 2015).…”

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On-plot drinking water supplies and health: A systematic review

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Williams

Evans

et al. 2016

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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Many studies have found that household access to water supplies near or within the household plot can reduce the probability of diarrhea, trachoma, and other water-related diseases, and it is generally accepted that on-plot water supplies produce health benefits for households. However, the body of research literature has not been analyzed to weigh the evidence supporting this. A systematic review was conducted to investigate the impacts of on-plot water supplies on diarrhea, trachoma, child growth, and water-related diseases, to further examine the relationship between household health and distance to water source and to assess whether on-plot water supplies generate health gains for households. Studies provide evidence that households with on-plot water supplies experience fewer diarrheal and helminth infections and greater child height. Findings suggest that water-washed (hygiene associated) diseases are more strongly impacted by on-plot water access than waterborne diseases. Few studies analyzed the effects of on-plot water access on quantity of domestic water used, hygiene behavior, and use of multiple water sources, and the lack of evidence for these relationships reveals an important gap in current literature. The review findings indicate that on-plot water access is a useful health indicator and benchmark for the progressive realization of the Sustainable Development Goal target of universal safe water access as well as the human right to safe water.

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On-plot drinking water supplies and health: A systematic review

Overbo

Williams

Evans

et al. 2016

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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“…25 This typology has generally set the international agenda for water inter ventions and diar rhoea control for the past 30 years.…”

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Water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous communities‐priorities for health development

Bailie

Carson

McDonald

2004

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…The recontamination of water between source and household is well documented in the literature for many parts of the world (Wright et al , 2004) and the sources of recontamination are similar to those found in previous studies in Honduras (Trevett et al , 2005) and Tanzania (Pickering et al , 2010b). Finally, the water and sanitation behaviors and practices of the residents have likewise been observed in a number of previous studies (Thompson, 2001;.…”

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“…First of all, the water sources used are typical of those found in other parts of Africa (Thompson, 2001) and other developing regions.…”

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Modeling the Complexities of Water, Hygiene and Health in Limpopo, South Africa

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Poor household drinking water quality and the early childhood diarrhea (ECD) and child growth stunting that result from it are a scourge that leads to the premature death of nearly 1.6 million children worldwide each year. Researchers have long studied the causes and prevention strategies of poor household water quality and ECD using intervention-control trials. Although the results of such trials can lead to useful information, they do not capture the complexity of this human/engineered/natural system. This dissertation reports on the development of an agent-based model (ABM) to study such a system in Limpopo, South Africa. This method proved to be an effective tool to develop a robust, quantitative understanding of the complex coliform bacteria transmission chain that leads to ECD and to investigate key mechanisms, risk factors, behaviors and intervention strategies to mitigate such transmission. This was achieved in three main parts. The first was an investigation of the sources and regrowth mechanisms of coliform bacteria as well as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) behavior in the communities. The second part was to use that information to inform the development of an ABM and use that ABM to explore the various risk factors a↵ecting the outcome variables of household water quality, ECD incidences and child growth stunting. Lastly, the ABM was used understand the long-term sustainability of a ceramic water filter (CWF) campaign using field data about longitudinal microbial e↵ectiveness.

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Drawers of Water II: assessing change in domestic water use in East Africa

Cited by 74 publications

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On-plot drinking water supplies and health: A systematic review

On-plot drinking water supplies and health: A systematic review

Water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous communities‐priorities for health development

Modeling the Complexities of Water, Hygiene and Health in Limpopo, South Africa

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