Cross-sectional study to measure household water insecurity and its health outcomes in urban Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the links between structural and household determinants of household water insecurity and test three water insecurity measures against self-reported diarrhoea, dengue fever and perceived stress in the middle-income and low-income urban areas of Torreón, Mexico.

Design

Cross-sectional household survey conducted in two waves (rainy and dry seasons).

Participants

500 households selected via multistage cluster sample in selected communities. Socioeconomic status determined the selection of participant neighbourhoods; five were identified in low socioeconomic status neighbourhoods and five in low-medium socioeconomic status neighbourhoods. We examine how the context of urban water provision is related to a new cross-culturally valid Household Water Inse

SUBMITTER: Jepson WE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938997 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature