Determinants of Use of Household-level Water Chlorination Products in Rural Kenya, 2003–2005

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health
• Personal Author:
  DuBois, Amy E. ; Crump, John A. ; Keswick, Bruce H. ; Slutsker, Laurence ; Quick, Robert E. ; Vulule, John M. ; Luby, Stephen P.
• Description:
  Household-level water treatment products provide safe drinking water to at-risk populations, but relatively few people use them regularly; little is known about factors that influence uptake of this proven health intervention. We assessed uptake of these water treatments in Nyanza Province, Kenya, November 2003-February 2005. We interviewed users and non-user controls of a new household water treatment product regarding drinking water and socioeconomic factors. We calculated regional use-prevalence of these products based on 10 randomly selected villages in the Asembo region of Nyanza Province, Kenya. Thirty-eight percent of respondents reported ever using household-level treatment products. Initial use of a household-level product was associated with having turbid water as a source (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 16.6, p = 0.007), but consistent usage was more common for a less costly and more accessible product that did not address turbidity. A combination of social marketing, retail marketing, and donor subsidies may be necessary to extend the health benefits of household-level water treatment to populations most at risk.
• Subjects:
  Article Chlorine Humans Rural Health
• Source:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2010; 7(10):3842-3852.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kenya
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4cec22229dbc9cb0948a33063a9256c68fb5758df29e6811c49f1147b0568254
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/4016/cdc_4016_DS1.pdf
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