Water quality and waterborne disease in the Niger River Inland Delta, Mali: a study of local knowledge and response.
Health Place
; 17(2): 449-57, 2011 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-21236722
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the findings of a study to assess patterns in local knowledge of and response to water quality and waterborne diseases in relation to seasonal changes in the Niger River Inland Delta. The study draws on field data collected in four villages along the Niger River in the Mopti region of Mali during September 2008. The major findings suggest (1) water use behaviors and diarrheal disease management are influenced by the tremendous seasonal fluctuations in the riverine environment; (2) local awareness of the relationship between poor water quality, oral-fecal disease transmission, and waterborne disease is low; (3) interventions to mitigate the high incidence of childhood diarrhea and degraded water quality are limited by ongoing socio-economic, cultural, and environmental factors; and (4) women's level of health knowledge is socially and culturally dependent.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Microbiología del Agua
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Abastecimiento de Agua
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Enfermedades Transmisibles
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Diarrea
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Agua Dulce
Límite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Place
Asunto de la revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos