Determinants of Use of Household-level Water Chlorination Products in Rural Kenya, 2003–2005

Bibliographic Data

ID15465434
AuthorsAmy E DuBois (Epidemic Intelligence Service, corresponding author), John A Crump (0000-0002-4529-102X, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Bruce H Keswick (Procter & Gamble (United States)), Laurence Slutsker (Kenya Medical Research Institute), R Quick (0000-0002-1861-0734, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Robert E Quick (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), John Vulule (0000-0001-7710-0390, Kenya Medical Research Institute), John M Vulule (CDC/Kenya Medical Research Institute, Mumias Rd., Kisian, Nyanza Province, Kenya), Stephen P Luby (0000-0001-5385-899X, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases)
Year2010
Volume7
Issue10
Pages3842-3852
Publication date2010-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph7103842
PMID21139864
PMCIDPMC2996196
OpenAlexW1997239968
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

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 socioeconomic factors. We calculated regional use-prevalence of these products based on 10 randomly selected villages in the Asembo region of Nyanza Province, Kenya. Thirty-eight percent of respondents reported ever using household-level treatment products. Initial use of a household-level product was associated with having turbid water as a source (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 16.6, p = 0.007), but consistent usage was more common for a less costly and more accessible product that did not address turbidity. A combination of social marketing, retail marketing, and donor subsidies may be necessary to extend the health benefits of household-level water treatment to populations most at risk

Business · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Product (mathematics · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Water supply · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Environmental Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Wastewater Treatment and Reuse · Environmental Engineering

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