Perceived versus actual water quality: Community studies in rural Oaxaca, Mexico

Rowles, Lewis Stetson; Alcalde, Reinaldo E.; Bogolasky, Francisca; Kum, Soyoon; Diaz, Farith A.; Ayres, Craig; Mikelonis, Anne M.; Toledo-Flores, Luis Javier; Alonso-Gutiérrez, Manuel Gerardo; Pérez-Flores, Maria Eufemia; Lawler, Desmond F.; Ward, Peter M.; López-Cruz, Juana Y.; Saleh, Navid B.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.309

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“…. A lack of investment by the state and federal government in local infrastructure which limits access to potable water, electricity as well as the internet and communication technologies that would support development (see for example, Baker, 2016;Rowles et al, 2018).…”

Section: Part I: Indigenous Oaxaca and The Challenges Of Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many indigenous homes lack indoor plumbing and water must be hauled by hand daily or delivered. Water that is brought into a home can be expensive and much of it is not potable (Rowles et al, 2018). Second, many rural Oaxacans do not have access to cellular technologies and cannot afford the costs of cellular service to access message (see the discussion of North American communities in Erwin et al, 2020).…”

Section: Infrastructural Challengesmentioning

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Challenges, inequalities and COVID-19: Examples from indigenous Oaxaca, Mexico

Cohen

Mata-Sánchez

2021

Global Public Health

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COVID-19 is a challenge for indigenous communities in Mexico. Social inequalities and limited access to services combine with historical patterns of discrimination to amplify its negative impacts. Nevertheless, there are important ways in which indigenous communities organise and respond. Our paper, organised in three parts, summarises these challenges as well as the response. In the first section, we introduce indigenous Oaxaca and the challenges facing indigenous communities. In the second section, we note the ways in which indigenous communities rely on their traditions in response to the pandemic and limitations they face. In the third and concluding section, we argue that the social inequalities that define indigenous life in Oaxaca must be acknowledged in order to create an effective public health response to COVID-19.

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Section: Part I: Indigenous Oaxaca and The Challenges Of Covid-19mentioning

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Section: Infrastructural Challengesmentioning

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Challenges, inequalities and COVID-19: Examples from indigenous Oaxaca, Mexico

Cohen

Mata-Sánchez

2021

Global Public Health

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“…Increasingly, those who employ CBPR are recognizing the importance of decolonizing a dominant Western research paradigm when engaging with first-nation communities (Koster et al, 2012). Prior research explored the use of CBPR to address food insecurity within Native American communities living on a reservation in the United States ( Jernigan et al, 2012) as well as rural subsistence farmers in the highlands of Guatemala (Arnes et al, 2018), and CBPR was used to address water insecurity among rural communities living in Oaxaca, Mexico (Rowles et al, 2018). An important consideration for the use of CBPR is co-ownership of results, and researchers must be aware of best practices for authoring and disseminating the results of CBPR (Bordeaux et al, 2007;Grieb et al, 2015).…”

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Improving Environmental Health Practice and Policy Through Convergence Research: A Case Study of Linked Food–Water Systems Enhancing Child Health

Oerther

Voth-Gaeddert

Divelbiss³

2019

Environmental Engineering Science

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Promoting access to safe drinking water or access to nutritious food, each independently contribute uniquely to positive gains in human health. Nexus analysis-a systems-based approach to study interconnection and interdependence-provides a framework to expose interactions and interventions in linked food-water systems. Interactions result in unintentional changes in efficacy or toxicity creating poorer-than-expected health outcomes while synergistic interventions targeting both ''water, sanitation, and hygiene'' as well as ''food security, nutrition, and safety'' yield greater-than-anticipated improvements in health and wellness. Herein, we describe a case study of linked food-water systems, where discovery, integration, application, and the scholarship of teaching and learning, collectively enhanced child health through convergence research-a transdisciplinary approach to solve a compelling and specific problem. The method integrates five techniques predominant in the field of health care, including: (1) community-based participatory research, (2) structured reviews, (3) mixed methods, (4) structural equation modeling, and (5) interprofessional education-at multiple study sites in east Africa, Guatemala, Brazil, and South Africa. The compelling problem explored is, ''the lack of an overarching framework to achieve improvements in interdisciplinary environmental health practice and policy,'' to ultimately solve specific problems such as, ''the eradication of childhood stunting.'' Results demonstrate that convergence research improves environmental health practice and policy by exposing insights to be measured, validated, and disseminated.

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“…En cuanto a lo expresado anteriormente, se hace necesario educar a la población sobre la importancia de tratar el agua y los beneficios que esto trae para reducir las enfermedades intestinales. Igualmente, es indispensable que las comunidades con el apoyo de los gobiernos locales implementen estrategias de tratamiento, protección y monitoreo de la calidad de las fuentes de agua (Rowles et al, 2018). Por su parte, Wright (2018) y Alam (2017) consideran que las percepciones que las comunidades pueden tener alrededor de la calidad del agua están condicionadas por los factores culturales y las relaciones que estas han establecido a través de los años con su entorno natural.…”

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El Recurso Agua en las Comunidades Indígenas Wayuu de La Guajira Colombiana. Parte 2: Estudio Cualitativo de las Condiciones de Higiene, Aseo y Disponibilidad de Agua

2018

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ResumenEl estudio tuvo como finalidad analizar mediante la implementación de herramientas cualitativas de investigación las condiciones de higiene, aseo y disposición del recurso agua en las comunidades indígenas de La Guajira Colombiana. Se identificó en las zonas analizadas las concepciones que la población tiene con relación al agua y el saneamiento básico dentro de sus territorios. Las apreciaciones que la población presentó con relación a la calidad del agua estuvieron condicionadas por los factores culturales y las relaciones que estos han establecido a través de los años con su entorno natural. Los resultados muestran que los jagüeyes (zanjas) y los pozos son las principales fuentes de abastecimiento de agua que implementan la etnia Wayuu en el departamento. Se concluye que los malos hábitos higiénicos, las condiciones de aridez, la dispersión de los territorios indígenas, la carencia de sistemas de abastecimiento eficientes y la ausencia institucional son causas que inciden en el consumo de agua de mala calidad. AbstractThe study had the purpose of analyzing, through the implementation of qualitative research tools, the conditions of hygiene, cleanliness and water disposal resource in the indigenous communities of the Colombian guajira. The conceptions that the population has related to water and basic sanitation within their territories were identified in the analyzed zones. The appreciations of the population in relation to water quality have been conditioned by cultural factors and the relationships they have established over the years with their natural environment. The results show that jagüeyes (ditches) and wells are the main sources of water supply that implement the Wayuu ethnic group in the department. It is concluded that bad hygienic habits, living conditions, the dispersion of indigenous territories, the lack of efficient supply systems and institutional absence are the main causes that affect the consumption of water of poor quality.

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Perceived versus actual water quality: Community studies in rural Oaxaca, Mexico

Cited by 24 publications

References 37 publications

Challenges, inequalities and COVID-19: Examples from indigenous Oaxaca, Mexico

Challenges, inequalities and COVID-19: Examples from indigenous Oaxaca, Mexico

Improving Environmental Health Practice and Policy Through Convergence Research: A Case Study of Linked Food–Water Systems Enhancing Child Health

El Recurso Agua en las Comunidades Indígenas Wayuu de La Guajira Colombiana. Parte 2: Estudio Cualitativo de las Condiciones de Higiene, Aseo y Disponibilidad de Agua

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