The Effect of Water Quality Testing on Household Behavior: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural India

Hamoudi, Amar; Jeuland, Marc; Lombardo, Sarah; Patil, Sumeet; Pattanayak, Subhrendu K.; Rai, Shailesh

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0051

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“…This is an improvement on previous studies (e.g. Brown et al, 2014;Madajewicz et al, 2007;Hamoudi et al, 2012;Jalan and Somanthan, 2008) that used presence or absence test kits. The study design is based on water quality self-testing and recording of results at the household level.…”

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“…Each household was given two copies of the hand-outs for reference and also discussions with other household members. The hand-outs containing the water quality improvement messages were designed using messages from previous studies such as Brown et al, (2014) and Hamoudi et al, (2012). The water quality self-testing was done at the convenience of the participants and recording of results made on a sheet/diary provided by the study team.…”

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“…They show that spring protection leads to reduction in diarrheal diseases and improvement in water quality. Water quality information to households is known to improve WASH behaviors (Madajewicz et al, 2007;Hamoudi et al, 2012;Jalan and Somanthan, 2008). But a systematic review by Lucas et al, (2011) suggested that despite several studies on water quality testing and dissemination of drinking water contamination data to households, rigorous impact evaluation studies are needed.…”

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Contributions and comments by seminar participants at ZEF and other conferences greatly improved the content of the paper. We thank the entire field assistants for their excellent work during data collection and rolling-out of the experiment. We are very much grateful to all the participating public basic schools and households for their time and cooperation. We acknowledge with gratitude the contributions by Daniel Tsegai, Devesh Rustagi, Michael Kosfeld, Julia Anna Matz, Nicolas Gerber, Vincent Nartey Kyere, and Guido Lüchters during research design and drafting of publication. We thank Frank Otchere for undertaking the randomization process. The conclusions of the paper are strictly those of the authors and not those of the funding agencies. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractHouseholds in developing countries face an enormous set of health risks from using contaminated water sources. In 2014, a group of 512 households relying on unimproved water, sanitation and hygiene practices in the Greater Accra region of Ghana were randomly selected to participate in the intervention on water quality self-testing and to receive water quality improvement messages (information). The treatment group was separated into two groups: (1) a school children intervention group and (2) an adult household members intervention group, to identify the role of intra-household decision making or resource allocation in the delivery of water quality information. The comparison group neither participated in the water quality self-testing nor received information. The impacts of the experiment are estimated using intention-to-treat (ITT), instrumental variable (IV) and differences-in-differences (DiD) estimators. Participation rate, which is used as a proxy for uptake, is higher among the school children intervention group in comparison to the adult intervention group. The results show that the household water quality testing and information experiment increase the choice of improved water sources and other safe water behaviors. The study implies that household water quality testing and information could be used as "social marketing" strategy in achieving safe water behaviors. The school children intervention group is more effective in the delivery of water quality information, thereby making a strong case of using school children as "agents of change" in improving safe water behaviors. The study also finds limited evidence of gender differentiated impacts based on the gender of the ...

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“…11,15,16 Kepentingan terhadap perilaku memakai air bersih menjadi dasar pertimbangan seseorang untuk berniat melakukan sesuatu. Jika ia menganggap apa yang akan dilakukannya penting maka pada tahap selanjutnya ia akan mempunyai niat yang didukung oleh sikap, norma yang dipersepsikan, dan kondisi personalnya.…”

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“…17 Niat dan hambatan lingkungan berpengaruh terhadap perilaku menmpergunakan air bersih di tatanan rumah tangga. [8][9][10]15,16 Hambatan lingkungan terhadap perilaku penggunaan air bersih memiliki nilai yang baik pada semua responden. Masyarakat yang berasumsi bahwa lingkungan Tamansari memang sudah kumuh dan air yang mereka dapat dari sumur bor maupun gali lebih mudah dan murah terjangkau.…”

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Faktor yang Memengaruhi Perilaku Penggunaan Air Bersih pada Masyarakat Kumuh Perkotaan berdasar atas Integrated Behavior Model

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AbstrakKebutuhan air bersih semakin meningkat terutama di wilayah perkotaan. Kelurahan Tamansari merupakan wilayah kumuh yang berlokasi di tengah Kota Bandung, 60% penduduk menggunakan air bersih perpipaan sisanya menggunakan sumber air tanah, namun tidak semua sumber air dilindungi secara benar sehingga berpotensi terkontaminasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis faktor yang memengaruhi perilaku penggunaan air bersih pada masyarakat kumuh perkotaan dengan mengaplikasikan teori Integrated Behavior Model. Penelitian potong lintang dilakukan pada 188 rumah tangga di 10 RW pada bantaran sungai Cikapundung di Kelurahan Tamansari. Survei dilakukan menggunakan kuesioner dan ceklist observasi pada sumber air perpipaan (PDAM), sumur terlindungi (ST), dan sumur tidak terlindungi (STT). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sikap, norma yang dipersepsikan dan faktor personal memengaruhi niat untuk menggunakan air bersih pada ketiga jenis sumber air yang digunakan. Pada pengguna PDAM tidak ada faktor yang signifikan memengaruhi perilaku. Pada pengguna ST perilaku dipengaruhi oleh faktor kepentingan menggunakan air bersih. Pada pengguna STT faktor niat, hambatan lingkungan dan kebiasaan memengaruhi perilaku menggunakan air bersih. Faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi perilaku khususnya di wilayah kumuh perkotaan berbeda-beda berdasar atas sumber air bersih yang digunakan sehingga upaya promosi kesehatan untuk melakukan perubahan perilaku harus dikembangkan sesuai dengan jenis sumber air yang digunakan. Integrated Behavior Model: Factors Influencing Clean Water Use among Urban Slum Dwellers AbstractThe increasing need for clean water, especially in urban area, is becoming more prominent. Tamansari Urban Village is a slum area located in the center of Bandung City. Sixty percents of its dwellers use pipe water as the clean water source while the rest uses ground water. However, not all water sources are protected correctly that there is a potential for contamination. This study aimed to analyze factors influencing clean water use behavior among urban slum dwellers by applying the Integrated Behavior Model. A cross-sectional study was performed on 188 households in 10 RW (neighborhood unit) on Cikapundung River Bank in Taman Sari Urban Village. Questionnaires and observation checklists were used for piping water source (Local Water Company, PDAM), protected wells, and unprotected wells. The results of this study showed that the attitude, perceived norms, and personal factors influenced the intention to use clean water for the three clean water sources. Among PDAM users, no significant factor was seen to influence behavior. Among protected well users, the behavior was influenced by the interest factor in using clean water. Among unprotected well users, attitude, environmental barriers, and habit influenced the behavior of using clean water. Factors influencing behaviors, especially in urban slum areas, are different based on the source of clean water used; hence, the implementation health promotion through behavioural change should be ad...

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Contextual and sociopsychological factors in predicting habitual cleaning of water storage containers in rural Benin

Stocker

Mosler

2015

Water Resources Research

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Recontamination of drinking water occurring between water collection at the source and the point of consumption is a current problem in developing countries. The household drinking water storage container is one source of contamination and should therefore be cleaned regularly. First, the present study investigated contextual factors that stimulate or inhibit the development of habitual cleaning of drinking water storage containers with soap and water. Second, based on the Risk, Attitudes, Norms, Abilities, and Self-regulation (RANAS) Model of behavior, the study aimed to determine which sociopsychological factors should be influenced by an intervention to promote habitual cleaning. In a cross-sectional study, 905 households in rural Benin were interviewed by structured face-to-face interviews. A forced-entry regression analysis was used to determine potential contextual factors related to habitual cleaning. Subsequently, a hierarchical regression was conducted with the only relevant contextual factor entered in the first step (R 2 5 6.7%) and the sociopsychological factors added in the second step (R 2 5 62.5%). Results showed that households using a clay container for drinking water storage had a significantly weaker habit of cleaning their water storage containers with soap and water than did households using other types of containers (b 5 20.10). The most important sociopsychological predictors of habitual cleaning were commitment (b 5 0.35), forgetting (b 5 20.22), and self-efficacy (b 5 0.14). The combined investigation of contextual and sociopsychological factors proved beneficial in terms of developing intervention strategies. Possible interventions based on these findings are recommended.

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The Effect of Water Quality Testing on Household Behavior: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural India

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The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana

The Impacts of Household Water Quality Testing and Information on Safe Water Behaviors: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana

Faktor yang Memengaruhi Perilaku Penggunaan Air Bersih pada Masyarakat Kumuh Perkotaan berdasar atas Integrated Behavior Model

Contextual and sociopsychological factors in predicting habitual cleaning of water storage containers in rural Benin

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