Department of Public Health, Food Studies, and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13210-2938, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2011 Aug;101(8):1515-20. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300127. Epub 2011 Jun 16.
We qualitatively assessed beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to diarrhea and water filtration in rural Kenya.
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.
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.
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.
我们对肯尼亚农村地区与腹泻和水过滤相关的信念、态度和行为进行了定性评估。
在肯尼亚西部农村地区开展了一项公共卫生运动，为社区成员提供了全面的预防一揽子商品和服务，包括个人水过滤器或家用水过滤器（或两者兼有）。在运动两个月后，我们对 34 名参加运动的人进行了定性访谈，以评估他们与腹泻和使用过滤设备相关的信念、态度和行为。
参与者对腹泻的病因有普遍正确的认识。参与者对使用过滤器的经验和获得清洁水、减少疾病以及减少用于生产清洁水的资源消耗的成功给予了积极的评价。一些参与者对设备改进提出了技术建议，大多数参与者在评估时仍在使用这些设备。
作为全面公共卫生运动的一部分分发的新型水过滤设备迅速被社区成员接受，并且与社区的做法和信仰一致。
