Determining behavioral factors for interventions to increase safe water consumption: A cross-sectional field study in rural Ethiopia

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-107

  Huber, Alexandra Claudia ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

behavior change; drinking water; Ethiopia; interventions; RANAS

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; WELL WATER;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CROSS SECTION; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; LINEARITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 84871207634     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.699032     Document Type: Article

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