The effects of water shortages on health and human development

Tarrass, Faissal; Benjelloun, M.C.

doi:10.1177/1757913910391040

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“…With a growing global population, access to clean water is due to become an increasingly critical issue, both for the production of safe drinking water, as well as for providing supplies for agricultural and industrial consumption [2]. As many as 3.9 billion people worldwide are expected to be living in severely water stressed areas by 2030 according to the OECD [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential

Johnson

Galiano

Deowan

et al. 2015

Journal of Membrane Science

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confidence: 99%

Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential

Johnson

Galiano

Deowan

et al. 2015

Journal of Membrane Science

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“…The same strategies were observed in Harare and Bulawayo as households internalized prevailing water shortages (Manzungu & Chioreso, 2012b;Mukuhlani & Nyamupingidza, 2014). Diseases related to unsafe water, poor sanitation and lack of hygiene are some of the most common causes of illness and death among the poor of developing countries (Tarrass & Benjelloun, 2011).…”

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confidence: 79%

Analysis of Gender and Other Social Dimensions of Household Water Insecurity in Ngamiland, Botswana

Kujinga¹,

Vanderpost²,

Mmopelwa³

et al. 2014

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This paper analyzes impacts of water insecurity on men, women and children in Botswana, a middle income and semi-arid country. The paper contributes to the burgeoning literature on water security. Households in different settlement categories of Ngamiland, Botswana experience water insecurity. Men, women, girls and children living in water insecurity lifeworlds, play various roles in ensuring household water availability. Women and girls have the greatest agency in ensuring household water availability by spending considerable time transporting water containers loaded on their heads and engaging in rainwater harvesting. Water insecurity negatively affects personal hygiene and gives rise to household interpersonal conflicts. Countries facing water insecurity, e.g. Botswana need to promote research that can inform appropriate water policies, legal frameworks, technologies for water supply and financial mechanisms for enhancing household water security.

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“…Therefore, the northern region is exposed to a prolonged heat, prolonged drought, and dry seasons, this hash environmental conditions is expected to affect growing of crops, vegetation, and grazing of animals, sources of domestic water and sanitation and farming among others. Consequently, it is assumed that the environmental conditions will affect both the physical health and psychological health of Nigerians living in the northern region, differently from those living in the other two regions, [15]. However, no comparative cultural study exists in Nigeria that examines the health differences of the three regions, by gender across any selected population group.…”

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Social Support, Body Image Perception and Depressive Symptoms, Among University Students in Nigeria, by Gender and Ethnicity

Agwu

Draper

Croix

2017

SJPH

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Abstract:Background: The health determinant model indicates that certain socio-cultural, socio-demographic, environmental, and lifestyle factors influence health status and wellbeing of any population group in any given nation, [1]. Previous studies have suggested the need for regional and interregional comparison of health inequalities due to the interaction of these factors. AIMs: This study investigated social support, body image perception and depressive symptoms by sex and ethnicity among university students in Nigeria. Method: The study was a cross sectional survey. Full time university students were recruited from six universities within the major three ethnic groups in Nigeria.2500 anonymous questionnaire was sent to students during a class lecture, 1549 responses were valid, while 563 responses were rejected for missing data especially sex and ethnicity and 388 students did not return their questionnaire. The variables examined were, demographic, income status, social support, body image perception and depressive symptoms. Descriptive tests, chi-square tests and analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests were conducted. Results: The result showed that depression indicated significant differences by gender and ethnicity, with students from the Hausa ethnic group reporting depression more than other ethnic groups, and female students more than males. Body image indicated a sex*ethnicity interaction effect for theideal female body image. Further analysis of the data suggested that Igbo males and Yoruba females' preferred bigger female body size. Irrespective of ethnicity, the study indicated that more female students preferred bigger female body sizes than males. With regard to social support and monthly income, the result indicated sex*ethnicity interaction effects, where female students from the Hausa ethnic group reported better social support and monthly income. Conclusion: The findings indicated that the mental health of female students in the sample were poorer than those of male students and female students from the Hausa ethnic group demonstrating the worst possible health outcome, despite a morefavorable social support and income status. This study made a major contribution to the understanding that people who live among regions with conflict and violence may report poor psychological health compared to those that live in a conflict free zones.

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The effects of water shortages on health and human development

Cited by 55 publications

References 8 publications

Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential

Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential

Analysis of Gender and Other Social Dimensions of Household Water Insecurity in Ngamiland, Botswana

Social Support, Body Image Perception and Depressive Symptoms, Among University Students in Nigeria, by Gender and Ethnicity

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