Hygiene Promotion & Sanitation
The promotion of better hygiene, alone, or in combination with better water supply and/or sanitation, can have a major impact on reducing disease prevalence and public and private health costs.
The Use of Structured Observations in the Study of Health Behaviour
01 Jan 94
Revised version of a paper submitted to a Workshop on the Measurement of Hygiene Behaviour, held in Oxford, England, in April 1991. Provides detailed guidelines for the use of structured observations in the study of health behaviour.
Actions Speak: the study of hygiene behaviour in water and sanitation projects
01 Jan 93
Another outcome of the 1991 Oxford Workshop on the Measurement of Hygiene Behaviour.
From Sanitation to Development: the case of the Baldia soakpit pilot project
01 Jan 92
Describes and analyzes a community-based sanitation project carried out in a low-income urban area in Karachi, Pakistan between 1979 and 1986.
On-Site Sanitation: building on local practice
01 Jan 91
Provides an insight into the cultural and social aspects which influence sanitation developments and an overview of technical options available for on-site sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas.
Just Stir Gently: the way to mix hygiene education with water supply and sanitation
01 Jan 91
Provides options and methods for integrating hygiene education with water supply and sanitation projects. Illustrations and examples are used to reinforce the text and to give some ideas from 'real life' situations.
Why a Pit Latrine: a manual for extension workers and latrine builders
01 Jan 91
A simple do-it-yourself manual designed to guide extension workers in supporting communities to build their own pit latrines and help those who want to build a latrine themselves with little outside help.
Hygiene Education in Water Supply and Sanitation Programmes: literature review with selected and annotated bibliography
01 Jan 88
Presents an overview of knowledge and experience in hygiene education in community water supply and sanitation projects as at the end of 1988. Based on more than 550 documents, including unpublished reports and other materials of limited access.
"Making the Links": guidelines for hygiene education in community water supply and sanitation, with particular emphasis on public standpost water supplies
01 Jan 84
Practical guide for adding a hygiene promotion component to a water and sanitation project.
