| Titre : | Bringing safe water to remote populations : An evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar. (2007) |
| Auteurs : | PAVANI KALLURI RAM (.) : USA. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. State University of New York. Buffalo. ; Chris DUNSTON ; Elaine KELSEY ; Robert-E QUICK ; . RABEANTOANDRO RADO MIARINTSOA ; Oliver RAKOTOMALALA ; . RASOATIANA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 3, 2007) |
| Pagination : | 398-400 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Eau ; Homme ; Population ; Evaluation ; Utilisation ; Milieu rural ; Madagascar ; Afrique ; Eau consommation humaine |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS iAR0x91B. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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 SWS disinfectant ; 226 (95%) reported having ever used Sûr'Eau, and 166 (73%) reported current use. Current Sûr'Eau use was confirmed in 54% of households. Community sales agents effectively motivated their neighbors to adopt a new health behavior that prevents diarrhea. Future work should focus on strategies for sustaining SWS use, factors that motivate community-based sales agents to promote SWS, and the feasibility of scaling up this approach. |
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