Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh

The study assessed the effects of intensive awareness raising activities implemented from June 1999 to December 2001 among the arsenic exposed people to motivate towards safe water use. A total of 839 families those who used to drink arsenic contaminated water prior to intervention was selected r...

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Principais autores:	Hossain, Zabed, Gani, Md. Showkat, Jakariya, Md., Chowdhury, AMR
Formato:	Research report
Idioma:	English
Publicado em:	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Assuntos:	Arsenic Rural Bangladesh BRAC Awareness development Switching over Water source Water > Purification > Arsenic removal > Bangladesh. Drinking water > Arsenic content > Bangladesh. Arsenic > Environmental aspects > Bangladesh.
Acesso em linha:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13047

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spelling	10361-130472019-11-21T21:01:28Z Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh Hossain, Zabed Gani, Md. Showkat Jakariya, Md. Chowdhury, AMR Arsenic Rural Bangladesh BRAC Awareness development Switching over Water source Water -- Purification -- Arsenic removal -- Bangladesh. Drinking water -- Arsenic content -- Bangladesh. Arsenic -- Environmental aspects -- Bangladesh. The study assessed the effects of intensive awareness raising activities implemented from June 1999 to December 2001 among the arsenic exposed people to motivate towards safe water use. A total of 839 families those who used to drink arsenic contaminated water prior to intervention was selected randomly for the survey. Data revealed that 47.6% of the people switched from unsafe to safe water sources. Awareness on alternative safe water options played great role in motivating people towards safe water use. Rate of switching over was almost three times higher among the people those who were aware of alternative water options than those who were not. People with better education, high occupation and socio economic status showed the maximum rate of switching over towards safe water sources. People having the capacity to buy water options were seven times in number in changing their water source compared to those who have no capacity to buy. Integrated approach should be taken immediately to increase awareness on alternative water options, socio-economic status to increase their capacity to purchase water options. 2019-11-21T04:21:21Z 2019-11-21T04:21:21Z 2002-12 Research report Hossain, Z., Gani, M. S., Jakariya, M., & Chowdhury, A. (2002, December). Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh. Research Reports (2002): Health Studies, Vol - XXXIII , 56–70. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13047 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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topic	Arsenic Rural Bangladesh BRAC Awareness development Switching over Water source Water -- Purification -- Arsenic removal -- Bangladesh. Drinking water -- Arsenic content -- Bangladesh. Arsenic -- Environmental aspects -- Bangladesh.
spellingShingle	Arsenic Rural Bangladesh BRAC Awareness development Switching over Water source Water -- Purification -- Arsenic removal -- Bangladesh. Drinking water -- Arsenic content -- Bangladesh. Arsenic -- Environmental aspects -- Bangladesh. Hossain, Zabed Gani, Md. Showkat Jakariya, Md. Chowdhury, AMR Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
description	The study assessed the effects of intensive awareness raising activities implemented from June 1999 to December 2001 among the arsenic exposed people to motivate towards safe water use. A total of 839 families those who used to drink arsenic contaminated water prior to intervention was selected randomly for the survey. Data revealed that 47.6% of the people switched from unsafe to safe water sources. Awareness on alternative safe water options played great role in motivating people towards safe water use. Rate of switching over was almost three times higher among the people those who were aware of alternative water options than those who were not. People with better education, high occupation and socio economic status showed the maximum rate of switching over towards safe water sources. People having the capacity to buy water options were seven times in number in changing their water source compared to those who have no capacity to buy. Integrated approach should be taken immediately to increase awareness on alternative water options, socio-economic status to increase their capacity to purchase water options.
format	Research report
author	Hossain, Zabed Gani, Md. Showkat Jakariya, Md. Chowdhury, AMR
author_facet	Hossain, Zabed Gani, Md. Showkat Jakariya, Md. Chowdhury, AMR
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title	Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
title_short	Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
title_full	Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh
title_sort	drinking no more arsenic: switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural bangladesh
publisher	BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
publishDate	2019
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Drinking no more arsenic: Switching water source through intensive awareness programme in rural Bangladesh

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