Evaluating community adoption and participation in water and sanitation interventions in the Bongo District, Ghana

IF 2.6 Q2 WATER RESOURCES
Ruth Amaabadek Atengdem, Seth Mensah Abobi, E. H. Alhassan
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Access to improved water and sanitation is a major conduit to meeting global development goals. This has resulted in the proliferation of various improved water and sanitation interventions in most communities of the world. Little evidence, however, exists in Ghana to reveal the extent to which these interventions are being adopted and sustained by the communities they are intended to benefit. This study, therefore, sought to assess the adoption of water and sanitation interventions and their sustainability. The mixed method approach, guided by the concurrent mixed method design was implemented in the Bongo District. Quantitative data were obtained from 389 sampled households in the District with the aid of a survey. Thereafter, univariate and bivariate statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data with the aid of STATA version 15. The qualitative data on the other hand was collected from officials of the District Water and Sanitation Management Team (DWSMT) and members of the water and sanitation management committees at the community level through key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The qualitative data was analyzed manually using thematic analysis. The study found a high adoption rate of both water and sanitation interventions in the Bongo District. The household demographic characteristics that were found to have a strong positive association with the adoption of improved water or sanitation interventions included the sex of household head, age, level of education and household size among others. Major factors influencing the adoption of water and sanitation interventions found included the knowledge of the derived benefits of the facilities and education on the use of the facilities. The study also found that as part of activities geared towards sustainability, most community members were involved in deciding the appropriateness of these water and sanitation facilities; siting of the facilities; and cash contributions. The study, therefore, concludes that the extent of adoption of water and sanitation in the Bongo District is relatively high and communities were involved to some extent to engender the sustainability of the facilities.
评估加纳邦戈地区社区采用和参与供水与卫生干预措施的情况
获得经改善的水和卫生设施是实现全球发展目标的主要途径。因此,世界上大多数社区都采取了各种改善水和卫生设施的干预措施。然而,在加纳,几乎没有证据表明这些干预措施在多大程度上得到了它们想要惠及的社区的采用和维持。因此,本研究试图评估水和卫生设施干预措施的采用情况及其可持续性。在邦戈区采用了以并行混合方法设计为指导的混合方法。通过调查从该地区的 389 个抽样家庭获得了定量数据。之后,利用 STATA 15 版对定量数据进行了单变量和双变量统计分析。另一方面,定性数据则是通过关键信息提供者访谈和焦点小组讨论,从地区供水与卫生管理小组(DWSMT)官员和社区层面的供水与卫生管理委员会成员处收集的。采用专题分析法对定性数据进行了人工分析。研究发现,在邦戈区,供水和卫生设施干预措施的采用率都很高。研究发现,家庭人口特征与采用改良型供水或卫生设施干预措施有着密切的正相关关系,其中包括户主的性别、年龄、教育水平和家庭规模等。研究发现,影响采用供水和卫生设施干预措施的主要因素包括对这些设施所带来的益处的了解以及关于使用这些设施的教育。研究还发现,作为可持续发展活动的一部分,大多数社区成员都参与决定这些供水和卫生设施是否合适、设施的选址以及现金捐助。因此,研究得出结论,邦戈区采用供水和卫生设施的程度相对较高,社区在一定程度上参与了促进设施可持续性的活动。
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Frontiers in Water
Frontiers in Water WATER RESOURCES-
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