Diarrhea and women's practices for handling water in the town of Bebnine, Lebanon

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2007

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American University of Beirut, Beirut, LB

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This thesis study explores the strategies adopted for water use at the household level, and the association between these strategies and diarrhea as a waterborne illness. It assesses the impact of water management practices and explores the relation between women's status and strategies of water handling. The project applies the principles of Ecohealth: involving the community, using gender sensitive methods and applying a multidisciplinary approach. Decrease in the risk of diarrhea was associated with applying treatment for drinking water in the household, such as boiling and solar disinfection and filtration. Breastfeeding largely protected children under five.

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DIARRHOEAL DISEASES, DISEASE CONTROL, GENDER ANALYSIS, WATER QUALITY, WATER SHORTAGE, LEBANON, METHODOLOGY, BREASTFEEDING, ECOHEALTH, WATER MANAGEMENT, MIDDLE EAST

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