Titre :
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Bringing safe water to remote populations : An evaluation of a portable point-of-use intervention in rural Madagascar. (2007)
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Auteurs :
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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
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 97, n° 3, 2007)
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Pagination :
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398-400
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Eau
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Homme
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Population
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Evaluation
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Utilisation
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Milieu rural
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Madagascar
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Afrique
;
Eau consommation humaine
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Résumé :
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[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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