Increasing equity of access to point-of-use water treatment products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: A case study in western Kenya

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 527-534

  Freeman, Matthew C ^a   Quick, Robert E ^b   Abbott, Daniel P ^c   Ogutu, Paul ^d   Rheingans, Richard ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES UNIVERSITY OF KISUMU   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Equity; Point of use water treatment; Social marketing; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; ENTREPRENEUR; EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MARKETING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

KENYA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SOCIAL MARKETING; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349784470     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.063     Document Type: Article

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