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  • Author(s): Inauen, Jennifer; Hossain, Mohammad Mojahidul; Johnston, Richard B; Mosler, Hans-Joachim
  • Source:
    Inauen, Jennifer; Hossain, Mohammad Mojahidul; Johnston, Richard B; Mosler, Hans-Joachim (2013). Acceptance and use of eight arsenic-safe drinking water options in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 8(1):e53640.
  • Document Type:
    Electronic Resource
  • Online Access:
    https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/85734/
    https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/85734
    10.1371/journal.pone.0053640
  • Additional Information
    • Publisher Information:
      Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
    • Abstract:
      Arsenic contamination of drinking water is a serious public health threat. In Bangladesh, eight major safe water options provide an alternative to contaminated shallow tubewells: piped water supply, deep tubewells, pond sand filters, community arsenic-removal, household arsenic removal, dug wells, well-sharing, and rainwater harvesting. However, it is uncertain how well these options are accepted and used by the at-risk population. Based on the RANAS model (risk, attitudes, norms, ability, and self-regulation) this study aimed to identify the acceptance and use of available safe water options. Cross-sectional face-to-face interviews were used to survey 1,268 households in Bangladesh in November 2009 (n = 872), and December 2010 (n = 396). The questionnaire assessed water consumption, acceptance factors from the RANAS model, and socioeconomic factors. Although all respondents had access to at least one arsenic-safe drinking water option, only 62.1% of participants were currently using these alternatives. The most regularly used options were household arsenic removal filters (92.9%) and piped water supply (85.6%). However, the former result may be positively biased due to high refusal rates of household filter owners. The least used option was household rainwater harvesting (36.6%). Those who reported not using an arsenic-safe source differed in terms of numerous acceptance factors from those who reported using arsenic-safe sources: non-users were characterized by greater vulnerability; showed less preference for the taste and temperature of alternative sources; found collecting safe water quite time-consuming; had lower levels of social norms, self-efficacy, and coping planning; and demonstrated lower levels of commitment to collecting safe water. Acceptance was particularly high for piped water supplies and deep tubewells, whereas dug wells and well-sharing were the least accepted sources. Intervention strategies were derived from the results in order to increase th
    • Subject Terms:
      Arsenic Environmental aspects.; Drinking water Contamination.; Bangladesh.
    • Subject Terms:
      Institute of Psychology; 150 Psychology; Journal Article; PeerReviewed; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
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      Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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      application/pdf
      info:doi/10.5167/uzh-85734
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      CHUZH oai:www.zora.uzh.ch:85734
      https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/85734/1/Inauen_et_al_2013_Acceptance_and_use_of_safe_drinking_water.pdf
      info:doi/10.5167/uzh-85734
      info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0053640
      info:pmid/23326477
      urn:issn:1932-6203
      942495639
    • Contributing Source:
      HAUPTBIBLIOTHEK UNIV OF ZURICH
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    • Accession Number:
      edsoai.ocn942495639
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