a School of Geography, University of Melbourne , Carlton , Victoria , Australia.
Med Anthropol. 2018 May-Jun;37(4):294-310. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2017.1371150. Epub 2017 Sep 25.
Globally, 2.4 billion people lack adequate sanitation, and open defecation remains common. In this article, I present the qualitative findings from an evaluation of a water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention in remote, mid-West Nepal. The evaluation, conducted in 2014, involved villagers from eight wards in Kotgaun Village Development Committee. Drawing on the concept of the "toilet tripod," I argue as follows: multi-scalar political will provide an important foundation for construction and sustained use of toilets, proximate social pressures contributed significantly to toilet adoption and efforts to eliminate open defecation, and water insecurity constrained improved sanitation and hygiene.
全球有 24 亿人缺乏足够的卫生设施，随地大小便仍然很常见。本文介绍了对尼泊尔中西部偏远地区一项水、环境卫生和个人卫生干预措施进行评估的定性结果。评估于 2014 年在科特冈村发展委员会的 8 个区的村民中进行。借鉴“厕所三脚架”的概念，我提出如下观点：多层面的政治意愿为厕所的建设和持续使用提供了重要基础，邻近的社会压力对厕所的采用和消除随地大小便的努力做出了重大贡献，而水不安全则限制了卫生和个人卫生条件的改善。
