Achieving long-term use of solar water disinfection in Zimbabwe

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-98

  Mosler, H J ^a   Kraemer, S M ^a   Johnston, R B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS); Solar disinfection (SODIS); Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; DISINFECTION; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISINFECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84872609078     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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