Robert E Quick
Biographic Data
| ID | 6055726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert E Quick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert E |
| FAMILY NAME | Quick |
| SIGNATURE | QUICK R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Paul Ogutu, Peter Barasa, Sam Ombeki, and Alex Mwaki are with CARE Kenya, Homa Bay, Kenya, Africa. Valerie Garrett and Robert E. Quick are with the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A strategy to increase adoption of locally-produced, ceramic cookstoves in rural Kenyan households
Our strategy of training of local vendors, appropriate incentives, and product integration effectively accelerated cookstove adoption into a large number of households. The strategy also created opportunities to reinforce health messages and promote cookstoves sales and installation. However, the project's overall success was diminished by inequitable and incomplete adoption by households with the lowest socioeconomic status and young children pr…
Systematic review of behavior change research on point-of-use water treatment interventions in countries categorized as low- to medium-development on the human development index
Determinants of Use of Household-level Water Chlorination Products in Rural Kenya, 2003–2005
Household-level water treatment products provide safe drinking water to at-risk populations, but relatively few people use them regularly; little is known about factors that influence uptake of this proven health intervention. We assessed uptake of these water treatments in Nyanza Province, Kenya, November 2003-February 2005. We interviewed users and non-user controls of a new household water treatment product regarding drinking water and socioec…
Bringing Safe Water to Remote Populations
Rural populations disproportionately lack access to improved water supplies. We evaluated a novel scheme that employed community-based sales agents to disseminate the Safe Water System (SWS)—a household-level water chlorination and safe storage intervention—in rural Madagascar. Respondents from 242 households in 4 villages were interviewed; all used surface water for drinking water. Respondents from 239 households (99%) had heard of Sûr’Eau, the …
Challenges in Implementing a Point-of-Use Water Quality Intervention in Rural Kenya
To prevent diarrheal diseases in western Kenya, CARE Kenya initiated the Water, Sanitation, and Education for Health (WASEH) Project in 1998. The project targets 72 farming and fishing communities with a total population of 43 000. Although the WASEH Project facilitated construction of shallow wells and pit latrines, the water quality still needed improvement. Consequently, in 2001, CARE implemented the Safe Water System (which consists of point-…
Seeking Safe Storage
In laboratory- and village-based evaluations researchers compared chlorine decay and disinfection rates in turbid surface water that had been treated and stored in locally available clay vessels and plastic jerry cans. Three vessel types were evaluated: 1) wide-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels; 2) narrow-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels with lids and spigots; and 3) narrow-mouthed 20-liter plastic jerry cans with lids. Water was treated with 1% sodium …
Impact of the Safe Water System on Water Quality in Cyclone-Affected Communities in Madagascar
Cyclone Hudah struck the northeastern coast of Madagascar in the spring of 2000. Over a 5-month period, 11 700 relief kits consisting of bottles of water disinfectant and foldable jerry cans were distributed to the affected population. Five months after the cyclone, a survey was conducted in 12 villages to determine the impact of these relief kits on water quality. Seventy-six percent of the surveyed households reported using jerry cans, and 65% …
Cholera Prevention With Traditional and Novel Water Treatment Methods
In March 1999, cholera appeared in Madagascar after a long hiatus and caused more than 37 000 cases and 2200 deaths. In October 1999, the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Initiative funded CARE Madagascar to implement a household-based safe water intervention. CARE contracted with Population Services International to socially market a sodium hypochlorite soluti…
Collaboration, Cholera, and Cyclones
In November 1999, CARE Madagascar, Population Services International (PSI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) selected 30 poor communities in urban Antananarivo as the target population for launch of the Safe Water System. The system consists of behavior change techniques along with point-of-use treatment and safe storage of water. The project was launched in March 2000, ahead of schedule, because a cholera epidemic struck …
Evaluation of a novel drinking water treatment and storage intervention in Nicaragua
Field trials conducted in Bolivia found that a safe drinking water supply can be achieved through three simple inexpensive strategies: 1) point-of-use water treatment with sodium hypochlorite solution produced locally with appropriate technology 2) safe water storage in special narrow-mouthed vessels and 3) community education. This approach was tested in Asedades Nicaragua in January-April 1996. The community received education about diarrheal d…
Collaboration, Cholera, and Cyclones
In November 1999, CARE Madagascar, Population Services International (PSI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) selected 30 poor communities in urban Antananarivo as the target population for launch of the Safe Water System. The system consists of behavior change techniques along with point-of-use treatment and safe storage of water. The project was launched in March 2000, ahead of schedule, because a cholera epidemic struck …
Challenges in Implementing a Point-of-Use Water Quality Intervention in Rural Kenya
To prevent diarrheal diseases in western Kenya, CARE Kenya initiated the Water, Sanitation, and Education for Health (WASEH) Project in 1998. The project targets 72 farming and fishing communities with a total population of 43 000. Although the WASEH Project facilitated construction of shallow wells and pit latrines, the water quality still needed improvement. Consequently, in 2001, CARE implemented the Safe Water System (which consists of point-…
Impact of the Safe Water System on Water Quality in Cyclone-Affected Communities in Madagascar
Cyclone Hudah struck the northeastern coast of Madagascar in the spring of 2000. Over a 5-month period, 11 700 relief kits consisting of bottles of water disinfectant and foldable jerry cans were distributed to the affected population. Five months after the cyclone, a survey was conducted in 12 villages to determine the impact of these relief kits on water quality. Seventy-six percent of the surveyed households reported using jerry cans, and 65% …
Seeking Safe Storage
In laboratory- and village-based evaluations researchers compared chlorine decay and disinfection rates in turbid surface water that had been treated and stored in locally available clay vessels and plastic jerry cans. Three vessel types were evaluated: 1) wide-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels; 2) narrow-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels with lids and spigots; and 3) narrow-mouthed 20-liter plastic jerry cans with lids. Water was treated with 1% sodium …
Bringing Safe Water to Remote Populations
Rural populations disproportionately lack access to improved water supplies. We evaluated a novel scheme that employed community-based sales agents to disseminate the Safe Water System (SWS)—a household-level water chlorination and safe storage intervention—in rural Madagascar. Respondents from 242 households in 4 villages were interviewed; all used surface water for drinking water. Respondents from 239 households (99%) had heard of Sûr’Eau, the …
Cholera Prevention With Traditional and Novel Water Treatment Methods
In March 1999, cholera appeared in Madagascar after a long hiatus and caused more than 37 000 cases and 2200 deaths. In October 1999, the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Initiative funded CARE Madagascar to implement a household-based safe water intervention. CARE contracted with Population Services International to socially market a sodium hypochlorite soluti…
Evaluation of a novel drinking water treatment and storage intervention in Nicaragua
Field trials conducted in Bolivia found that a safe drinking water supply can be achieved through three simple inexpensive strategies: 1) point-of-use water treatment with sodium hypochlorite solution produced locally with appropriate technology 2) safe water storage in special narrow-mouthed vessels and 3) community education. This approach was tested in Asedades Nicaragua in January-April 1996. The community received education about diarrheal d…
Challenges in Implementing a Point-of-Use Water Quality Intervention in Rural Kenya
To prevent diarrheal diseases in western Kenya, CARE Kenya initiated the Water, Sanitation, and Education for Health (WASEH) Project in 1998. The project targets 72 farming and fishing communities with a total population of 43 000. Although the WASEH Project facilitated construction of shallow wells and pit latrines, the water quality still needed improvement. Consequently, in 2001, CARE implemented the Safe Water System (which consists of point-…
Seeking Safe Storage
In laboratory- and village-based evaluations researchers compared chlorine decay and disinfection rates in turbid surface water that had been treated and stored in locally available clay vessels and plastic jerry cans. Three vessel types were evaluated: 1) wide-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels; 2) narrow-mouthed 20-liter clay vessels with lids and spigots; and 3) narrow-mouthed 20-liter plastic jerry cans with lids. Water was treated with 1% sodium …
Impact of the Safe Water System on Water Quality in Cyclone-Affected Communities in Madagascar
Cyclone Hudah struck the northeastern coast of Madagascar in the spring of 2000. Over a 5-month period, 11 700 relief kits consisting of bottles of water disinfectant and foldable jerry cans were distributed to the affected population. Five months after the cyclone, a survey was conducted in 12 villages to determine the impact of these relief kits on water quality. Seventy-six percent of the surveyed households reported using jerry cans, and 65% …
Cholera Prevention With Traditional and Novel Water Treatment Methods
In March 1999, cholera appeared in Madagascar after a long hiatus and caused more than 37 000 cases and 2200 deaths. In October 1999, the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Initiative funded CARE Madagascar to implement a household-based safe water intervention. CARE contracted with Population Services International to socially market a sodium hypochlorite soluti…
Collaboration, Cholera, and Cyclones
In November 1999, CARE Madagascar, Population Services International (PSI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) selected 30 poor communities in urban Antananarivo as the target population for launch of the Safe Water System. The system consists of behavior change techniques along with point-of-use treatment and safe storage of water. The project was launched in March 2000, ahead of schedule, because a cholera epidemic struck …
Bringing Safe Water to Remote Populations
Rural populations disproportionately lack access to improved water supplies. We evaluated a novel scheme that employed community-based sales agents to disseminate the Safe Water System (SWS)—a household-level water chlorination and safe storage intervention—in rural Madagascar. Respondents from 242 households in 4 villages were interviewed; all used surface water for drinking water. Respondents from 239 households (99%) had heard of Sûr’Eau, the …
Determinants of Use of Household-level Water Chlorination Products in Rural Kenya, 2003–2005
Household-level water treatment products provide safe drinking water to at-risk populations, but relatively few people use them regularly; little is known about factors that influence uptake of this proven health intervention. We assessed uptake of these water treatments in Nyanza Province, Kenya, November 2003-February 2005. We interviewed users and non-user controls of a new household water treatment product regarding drinking water and socioec…
A strategy to increase adoption of locally-produced, ceramic cookstoves in rural Kenyan households
Our strategy of training of local vendors, appropriate incentives, and product integration effectively accelerated cookstove adoption into a large number of households. The strategy also created opportunities to reinforce health messages and promote cookstoves sales and installation. However, the project's overall success was diminished by inequitable and incomplete adoption by households with the lowest socioeconomic status and young children pr…
Systematic review of behavior change research on point-of-use water treatment interventions in countries categorized as low- to medium-development on the human development index
Child Nutrition and Water Access (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Population (5 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Environmental Engineering (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Water quality (4 works) · Business (3 works)