Fighting arsenic at the grassroots
Experience of BRAC's community awareness initiative in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16763109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Hadi (0000-0002-4612-4055, BRAC, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-100 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/18.1.93 |
| PMID | 12582112 |
| OpenAlex | W2137079137 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The study evaluates the arsenic mitigation project of BRAC in raising awareness of arsenic poisoning in rural communities in Bangladesh. Data came from selected project villages in south-western Bangladesh. Comparison villages were also selected from the same region. A total of 1240 randomly selected adults were interviewed in May 2000. Findings reveal that the mitigation project played a significant, positive role in raising awareness of the safe water options, signs of arsenicosis, mode of transmission and the type of treatment. Testing tube-well water for arsenic created curiosity, innovation and interest in the community, and the water treatment plant became a symbol of the arsenic campaign. The study concludes that the behavioural change aspects of the arsenic mitigation project have the potential to significantly improve the level of understanding about arsenic contamination in the traditional communities.
Arsenic · Arsenic contamination of groundwater · Arsenic poisoning · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Geography · Grassroots · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Social and Economic Development in India
Project Hope
Evaluation of the effectiveness of arsenic screening promotion in private wells
Determinants of Arsenicosis Patients’ Perception and Social Implications of Arsenic Poisoning through Groundwater in Bangladesh
A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Awareness Raising on Knowledge of the Problems Associated with Arsenic-Contaminated Tube Well Water in Three Cambodian Villages
Structural social work and the compatibility of NGO approaches
Evaluation of risk communication for rural water supply management
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2014 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |