Changing water-use patterns in a water-poor area
Lessons for a trachoma intervention project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5152612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann P Mccauley (Johns Hopkins University), Matthew Lynch (0000-0002-3930-6205, Johns Hopkins University), Moses B Pounds (University of Maryland, Baltimore), Sarah K West (0000-0003-0818-8100, Johns Hopkins University), Sheila West |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1233-1238 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(90)90129-g |
| PMID | 2291120 |
| OpenAlex | W2087090000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
An epidemiological survey carried out in the Dodoma region of Tanzania found that high rates of trachoma infection in pre-school children were associated with unwashed faces. Prior to a planned trachoma intervention project, a pilot study was done on household decisions about water use and perceptions about face washing and eye disease. The study found that mothers overestimated the amount of water necessary to wash a child's face. In addition, mothers would not change their water-use priorities without the consent of their husbands and the support of the community. Therefore a health education program was designed to address the perception that face washing required a great deal of water. The program also sought to involve and re-educate the whole community rather than focus only on the mothers who were most likely to wash the children's faces
Community health · Environmental health · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Public health · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Trachoma · Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments · Medicine · Nursing · Reproductive tract infections research · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Epidemiology · Optometry
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A cross-sectional survey of water and clean faces in trachoma endemic communities in Tanzania
Choice, complexity, and change
Gender and tropical diseases
Household decisions among the Gogo people of Tanzania
Gender inequalities in health in the third world
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1992 - 2011 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |