Water cost and availability
Key determinants of family hygiene in a Peruvian shantytown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11027453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert H Gilman (0000-0002-9037-0712, Johns Hopkins University), Grace S Marquis (0000-0002-2349-4897, Johns Hopkins University), G Ventura (0000-0003-1742-761X, Johns Hopkins University), Miguel Campos (0000-0003-4650-1225, Johns Hopkins University), W Spira, William M Spira (Johns Hopkins University), F Díaz (0000-0003-4117-8203) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1554-1558 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.83.11.1554 |
| PMID | 8238677 |
| OpenAlex | W2087669803 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 14 |
OBJECTIVES. This study was conducted to determine whether poor hygiene practices are owing to difficulty in getting enough water and/or to ignorance of sanitary principles. METHODS. In a water-scarce shantytown in Lima, Peru, we observed in 12-hour periods over 3 consecutive days the amount of water and soap used for personal and domestic activities in 53 families and the frequency with which direct fecal contamination of hands was interrupted by washing. We also surveyed women in a similar shantytown concerning their knowledge of hygiene to ascertain whether noncompliance was owing to ignorance. RESULTS. Three hundred fecal contamination events were registered, of which only 38 (13%) were interrupted by hand washing within 15 minutes. The mean 12-hour per capita amount of water and soap used by the families was low. More than 80% of the water stored by these families had fecal coliforms. Yet the level of knowledge concerning the importance of hand washing and other hygienic practices was high. CONCLUSIONS. In water-scarce areas, sanitary education programs probably will not change hygiene practices. In these areas, an adequate supply of water is essential for good hygiene
Biology · Environmental health · Environmental protection · Family medicine · Fecal coliform · Feces · Geography · Hand washing · Hygiene · Ignorance · Per capita · Personal hygiene · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Washing hands · Water quality · Water supply · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Ecology · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Fecal contamination and water quality · Food Safety and Hygiene · Medicine · Toxicology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |