Household Water Treatment Practice and Associated Factors Among People Living with HIV, Bahir Dar City Administration, Northwest Ethiopia

Abstract

Introduction: PLHIV have substantially greater need for access to safe water, for bathing and washing soiled clothing and linen; safe drinking water is necessary for taking medicines. Therefore household water treatment is one of inexpensive and effective technology to make water safe. However the information of household water treatment practices and associated factors on these groups were inadequate. Objective: the: t aim of the study was to assess household water treatment practice and associated factors among PLHIV who are member of the three associations in Bahir Dar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: A Community based cross-sectional study was done among PLHIV from April-May 2013. A Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Pre-tested and structured questionnaire, observation checks list and residual chlorine test was used to collect the data. Binary and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to determine the separate and confounding effect for variables with p-value <0.2 in binary analysis. Result: of the total respondents 76.3% reported that they treated their drinking water at home. But only 11% of respondents treated water at home within 24 hours of this study. The main reasons for not treating water at home were psycho-social problem 29 (53.7%), unavailability of treatment methods 17 (31.5%), and lack of knowledge how to use treatment methods 8 (14.8%). Occupational status of the respondents (AOR=2.6; 95% CI 0.162-0.903), duration of water storing time (AOR=2.9; 95% CI 1.471-5.692), and use of separate container for water storing (AOR=3.1; 1.008-9.223) were significantly associated variables with household water treatment practice. Conclusion: Household water treatment practices among people living with HIV were found low. Therefore the PLHIV needs special attention to improve household water treatment practice. fee free water treatment methods availability, promotion of household water treatment practice and participate in income generating activities are supreme important.

Assessment of house hold water treatment practice in Endamehoni district, northern, Ethiopia: 2020: A community based cross-sectional study

“…In this nding, the odds of practicing water treatment at HH level was 2.1 times more likely among married respondents as compared to those divorced respondents. This nding was in line with the previous nding conducted in Northwest Ethiopia (14). This could be because; married respondents may have shared information and better knowledge regarding water treatment practice which enables them to demand better quality of life.…”

Household water treatment practice and associated factors in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

“…The majority of the included studies were conducted using interviewers to administer questionnaires. Seven studies from the Amhara region [ 19 , 20 , 23 , 33 , 34 , 36 , 38 ]; four studies from the SNNP region [ 28 – 30 , 32 ]; one study from the Oromia region [ 21 ]; one study from the Benishangul-Gumuz region [ 37 ]; one study from both the Oromia and Harari regions [ 35 ]; and two studies from the all-region [ 22 , 31 ] were used to obtain the pooled HWT practices and associated factors ( Table 1 ) .…”

“…By design, all included studies were cross-sectional. This study included 16 studies with a total of 42,449 participants [19][20][21][22][23][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. The included articles were conducted between 2015-2022.…”

“…Factors associated with HWT practices in Ethiopia. In this meta-analysis, factors associated with HWT practice were assessed using 16 studies [19][20][21][22][23][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. Among the 16 articles,…”

“…A wide range of studies indicate that HWT can improve drinking water quality prior to consumption and has been found to be an appropriate and acceptable method that can reduce the risk of diarrhea significantly [15][16][17][18]. Studies revealed that HWT practice in Ethiopia was found to be in the range of 2.8% [19] to 76.3% [20], and determinant factors like educational status, training, and the nature of water sources were identified [21][22][23]. The findings were inconsistent, there was significant variation in the reporting level of HWT practice, and they did not have the same statistical significance for implementing appropriate interventions.…”