Russel Kory, Tilmans Sebastien, Kramer Sasha, Sklar Rachel, Tillias Daniel, Davis Jennifer
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Environ Urban. 2015 Oct;27(2):525-540. doi: 10.1177/0956247815596522.
Household-level container-based sanitation (CBS) services may help address the persistent challenge of providing effective, affordable sanitation services for which low-income urban households are willing to pay. Little is known, however, about user perceptions of and demand for household CBS services. This study presents the results of a pilot CBS service programme in Cap Haitien, Haiti. One hundred and eighteen households were randomly selected to receive toilets and a twice-weekly collection service. After three months, changes in these households' satisfaction with their sanitation situation, along with feelings of pride, modernity and personal safety, were compared to 248 households in two comparison cohorts. Following the service pilot, 71 per cent of participating households opted to continue with the container-based sanitation service as paying subscribers. The results from this study suggest that, in the context of urban Haiti, household CBS systems have the potential to satisfy many residents' desire for safe, convenient and modern sanitation services.
基于家庭容器的卫生设施（CBS）服务可能有助于应对为低收入城市家庭提供有效且经济实惠的卫生设施服务这一长期挑战，而这些家庭愿意为此付费。然而，对于用户对家庭CBS服务的认知和需求却知之甚少。本研究展示了在海地海地角开展的CBS服务试点项目的结果。随机选择了118户家庭，为其提供厕所及每周两次的收集服务。三个月后，将这些家庭对其卫生状况的满意度，以及自豪感、现代感和个人安全感方面的变化，与两个对照群组中的248户家庭进行了比较。服务试点结束后，71%的参与家庭选择继续作为付费用户使用基于容器的卫生设施服务。这项研究的结果表明，在海地城市的背景下，家庭CBS系统有潜力满足许多居民对安全、便捷和现代卫生设施服务的需求。
