Water insecurity in 3 dimensions: An anthropological perspective on water and women's psychosocial distress in Ethiopia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-400

  Stevenson, Edward G J ^a   Greene, Leslie E ^a   Maes, Kenneth C ^b   Ambelu, Argaw ^c   Tesfaye, Yihenew Alemu ^d   Rheingans, Richard ^e   Hadley, Craig ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Ethiopia; Gender; Mental health; Psychosocial distress; Water insecurity; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; FALK SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SEASON; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WATER FETCHING; WATER INSECURITY; WATER INSECURITY SCALE; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING;

ADULT; DEHYDRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84861330667     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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