Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the effectiveness of boil water advisories (BWAs) depends on public compliance, monitoring the public response to such advisories is essential for protecting human health. However, assessments of public compliance with BWAs remain sparse. Thus, this study was aimed at investigating awareness and compliance among residents who had received BWAs in Baerum municipality in Norway.

Method

We conducted a cross-sectional study among 2764 residents who had received water advisories by SMS in the municipality of Baerum between January and September 2017. We analysed data from two focus group discussions and an onlin

SUBMITTER: Hyllestad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716804 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature