Participatory approaches, local stakeholders and cultural relevance facilitate an impactful community-based project in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Sanitation is a major global challenge that is often addressed at national and international levels, while community opinions and beliefs are neglected. To promote water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) we organized a cross-cultural knowledge exchange workshop to assess participatory methods for engaging local stakeholders. The workshop included 22 participants from all sectors of society. Practical solutions to sanitation challenges were identified and later shared with a local community. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were used to assess impact and showed participatory methods were highly valued to encourage information sharing among widely varied stakeholders, and that video was a particularly successful approach when engaging with local communities. An 8-month follow-up survey of

SUBMITTER: O'Donovan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785315 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature