| Titre : | A Qualitative Assessment of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behaviors Related to Diarrhea and Water Filtration in Rural Kenya. (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Timothy DE VER DYE ; APONDI (Rose) : UGA. Uganda Virus Research Institute. Entebbe. ; DASBANERJEE (Tania) : USA. Department of Neuroscience and Physiology. State University of New York Upstate Medical University. Syracuse. ; KAHN (James-G) : USA. Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. University of California. San Francisco. ; LUGADA (Eric) : KEN. Chf International. Nairobi. ; Mary-Ann SANDIFORD-DAY ; Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. State University of New York. Upstate Medical University. Syracuse. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 101, n° 8, 2011) |
| Pagination : | 1515-1520 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Diarrhée ; Croyance ; Attitude ; Comportement ; Filtration eau ; Milieu rural ; Kenya ; Afrique |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS FlR0xI8I. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We qualitatively assessed beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to diarrhea and water filtration in rural Kenya. Methods. A public health campaign was conducted in rural western Kenya to give community members a comprehensive prevention package of goods and services, including a personal water filter or a household water filter (or both). Two months after the campaign, we conducted qualitative interviews with 34 campaign attendees to assess their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to diarrhea and use of the filtration devices. Results. Participants held generally correct perceptions of diarrhea causation. Participants provided positive reports of their experiences with using filters and of their success with obtaining clean water, reducing disease, and reducing consumption of resources otherwise needed to produce clean water. Several participants offered technical suggestions for device improvements, and most participants were still using the devices at the time of the assessment. Conclusions. Novel water filtration devices distributed as part of a comprehensive public health campaign rapidly proved acceptable to community members and were consistent with community practices and beliefs. |
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