Household coping strategies associated with unreliable water supplies and diarrhea in Ecuador, an upper-middle-income country.

ABSTRACT: The Sustainable Development Goals recognize that the availability and quality of improved water sources affect how households use and benefit from these sources. Although unreliability in piped water supplies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been described, few studies have assessed household coping strategies in response to unreliable water supplies and associated health outcomes. We characterized unreliability in the piped water supply of the town of Borbón, Ecuador over the twelve years following a major upgrade, as well as household coping strategies and associations with diarrhea. We examined trends in primary and secondary drinking water sources, water storage, and water treatment using longitudinal data collected from 2005 to 2012. In 2017, a follow-up survey was admi

SUBMITTER: Lee GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6962559 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature