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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17030890
论文题名:
‘We Are Drinking Diseases’: Perception of Water Insecurity and Emotional Distress in Urban Slums in Accra, Ghana
作者: Kangmennaang J.; Bisung E.; Elliott S.J.
刊名: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN: 16617827
出版年: 2020
卷: 17, 期:3
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Accra ; Emotional distress ; Ghana ; Photo-voice ; Vended water ; Water security
Scopus关键词: drinking water ; informal settlement ; mental health ; perception ; urban area ; water quality ; water supply ; World Health Organization ; adult ; anxiety disorder ; Article ; controlled study ; cross-sectional study ; emotional stress ; environmental sanitation ; fear ; female ; Ghana ; health care practice ; household ; human ; male ; perception ; public policy ; risk assessment ; social participation ; urban population ; water contamination ; water quality ; water supply ; Accra ; Ghana ; Greater Accra
英文摘要: Water security is critical to the health and well-being of people around the world, especially among populations experiencing water stresses and rapid urbanization in low-to middle-income countries (LMICs). Recent research suggests water insecurity is associated with negative mental health outcomes. Despite global improvement in access to safe water across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that access to safe water in urban areas has not changed significantly or has stagnated in certain countries. In most African cities, entrepreneurial water vendors have stepped up to fill supply gaps in the formal delivery system by selling vended water. As part of a larger research program that aims to assess and analyze public perceptions around vended water, this paper explores the links connecting water insecurity and emotional distress among urban slum dwellers who mostly use vended water in Accra, Ghana. We used a parallel mixed-methods approach. Our quantitative results show that water-insecure households (OR = 2.23, p = 0.01) were more likely to report emotional distresses compared to water-secure households. However, households with improved sanitation (OR = 0.28, p = 0.01) and those willing to participate for improved water and sanitation (OR = 0.28, p = 0.01) were less likely to report emotional distress. Our qualitative results offered support for the quantitative results, as participants not only hold various perceptions regarding the safety and quality of vended water but expressed emotional distresses such as fear of contamination, discomfort, worry over arbitrary change in prices, and anxiety. The implications of the results for policy and practice, specifically to ensuring access to safe water, are discussed. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/159949
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作者单位: Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States; School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, SKHS, Queen’s University, Building 28 Division Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada; Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

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Kangmennaang J.,Bisung E.,Elliott S.J.. ‘We Are Drinking Diseases’: Perception of Water Insecurity and Emotional Distress in Urban Slums in Accra, Ghana[J]. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,2020-01-01,17(3)
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