Department of Health Policy and Community Health, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Sciences, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 29;18(7):3539. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073539.
Water management plans (WMPs), sometimes referred to as risk management plans (RMPs) or water safety plans (WSPs), are not mandatory for hotels in many countries of the world, including the US. As such, many hotel personnel are uninformed of WMPs and the precautions to take if their hotel water system is compromised. The purpose of this study was to identify hotel personnel's knowledge and practices of WMPs through a survey incorporating the Health Belief Model (HBM). Data were collected from 59 hotels within Fulton County, Georgia, USA, through a questionnaire, and questions were developed tailored to the HBM. Significant associations were found between the perceived susceptibility of contracting a waterborne illness and WMP for hotel personnel as well as between cues to action and having a WMP in general linear models ( ≤ 0.05). The study concludes that many key personnel are not aware of WMPs. Many hotel facilities do not have a plan in place, and some facilities are unaware of a current plan is in place. The study findings provide insight into the importance of WMPs and the risk factors associated with microbial contamination in a hotel building's plumbing system. Future research and potential law change should be emphasized to increase hotel employees' and owner's WMP knowledge.
水管理计划（WMP），有时也称为风险管理计划（RMP）或水安全计划（WSP），在世界上许多国家（包括美国）并非强制性要求酒店执行。因此，许多酒店员工并不了解 WMP 以及如果酒店的供水系统受到破坏应采取的预防措施。本研究旨在通过纳入健康信念模型（HBM）的调查来确定酒店员工对 WMP 的知识和实践。通过问卷从美国佐治亚州富尔顿县的 59 家酒店收集数据，并根据 HBM 开发了问题。在一般线性模型中发现，感知罹患水源性疾病的易感性与酒店员工的 WMP 之间以及行动线索与普遍存在的 WMP 之间存在显著关联（≤0.05）。该研究得出的结论是，许多关键人员并不了解 WMP。许多酒店设施没有制定计划，而有些设施甚至不知道目前已经制定了计划。研究结果提供了有关 WMP 以及与酒店建筑物管道系统中微生物污染相关的风险因素的重要见解。未来的研究和潜在的法律变更应得到强调，以提高酒店员工和业主对 WMP 的了解。
