Water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous communities‐priorities for health development

Bailie, Ross; Carson, Bronwyn E.; McDonald, Elizabeth

doi:10.1111/j.1467-842x.2004.tb00021.x

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“…A research conducted to review available national and state/territory survey data on water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous Australian communities and to discuss the findings in terms of priorities for health and infrastructure development inferred that many communities do not have a reliable water supply and experience frequent and prolonged breakdown in sewerage systems [14]. Items of basic household infrastructure regarded as essential for household hygiene are missing or not functional in many community-owned dwellings.…”

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Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage

Admasie

Debebe

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Introduction. The coverage of sanitation and access to safe drinking water in Ethiopia especially in Wolaita Sodo town are not well studied. Therefore, the main objective of this study was estimating access to drinking water supply, sanitation, and hygiene facilities in Wolaita Sodo town, southern Ethiopia, in reference to national coverage. Methods. A community based cross-sectional study design method was employed in the study in 588 households of Wolaita Sodo town inhabitants. Face-to-face interview to household owners, in-depth interview to key informants, reviewing secondary data, and observational check lists were used to collect data. Districts were selected using simple random sampling techniques, while systematic random sampling technique was applied to select households. Data was analyzed using Epi Info version 3.5.4 and SPSS version 16 statistical software. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis were carried out. Results. The community has access to improved water supply which was estimated to be 67.9%. The main water sources of the town were tap water within the yard, which was estimated to be 44.7%, and tap water in the community was 40.0% followed by private protected well which was 14.5%. Ninety-one percent of the households had at least one type of latrine in their homes. The most common type of latrine available to households was pit latrine with superstructure which was estimated to be 75.9% followed by a pit without superstructure, 21.3%, and more than half of the respondents had hand washing facilities in their compound. Occupational status, educational status, and training on water, sanitation, and hygiene related topics were significantly associated with use of improved water source, improved sanitation, and hygiene facilities. Conclusion. In order to address the demand of the town, additional water, sanitation, and hygiene programs are required.

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“…Items of basic household infrastructure regarded as essential for household hygiene are missing or not functional in many community-owned dwellings. For example, in about one-third of houses bathroom taps and toilet drainage required major repairs [14]. …”

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Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage

Admasie

Debebe

2016

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…Although many Aboriginal communities in the NT are remote and isolated, a large proportion of persons from remote communities demonstrate intercommunity mobility ( 31 ). The Aboriginal population of the NT is known to have high rates of chronic diseases, including conditions identified as increasing susceptibility to influenza ( 4 , 32 ), such as poor housing ( 33 ) and sanitation ( 34 ). These factors, in particular overcrowding, are likely to facilitate transmission of influenza once the disease is present within a community.…”

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Differential Effects of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on Remote and Indigenous Groups, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009

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McDonnell

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“…A later review of available national and state/territory survey data on water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous Australian communities was compiled by Bailie et al (2004). This review found that many communities still do not have a reliable water supply and sanitation system.…”

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“…Sanitation system breakdowns were frequent and prolonged. Bailie et al (2004) found that 12% of communities of 50 people or more experienced five or more periods of water restrictions in a one-year period. For sanitation, the figures were worse with 10% of communities experiencing sewage overflow or leakage 20 times or more in a one-year period (Bailie et al, 2004:411).…”

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Water injustices and potential remedies in indigenous rural contexts: A water justice analysis

McLean

2007

Environmentalist

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This paper examines Indigenous water rights in rural and remote Australia and how water justice seems to be elusive in many of these spaces. The purpose of this literature review is to link water justice theory and practices to the way different water cultures are valued in Australia while simultaneously critiquing the water justice movement. This paper situates the notion of water justice as a specific kind of environmental justice to cater for the unique qualities that define this resource. In doing so, this paper draws on Schlosberg's (2004) conception of environmental justice with its trivalent approach that describes the following three 'circles of concern': recognition of difference, plurality of participation, and finally equitable distribution of resources and costs and benefits. This framework provides that if the first two 'circles of concern' are not in existence in a natural resource management process, then inequitable distribution of that resource is a likely outcome. This paper presents two areas where water injustices exist in the context of Indigenous rural and remote Australia. The first relates to how Indigenous rights to water have been inadequately recognized and the second presents empirical data on water supply and sanitation in rural and remote Indigenous communities that demonstrates ongoing dilemmas around securing this basic human right. The undervaluing of cultural differences relating to water is argued to be antecedent to the injustice manifest in poor water supply and sanitation provision for Indigenous rural contexts. This paper does not attempt to survey the body of ethnographic work on society-water relations in rural and remote Indigenous Australian contexts but reviews the gaps in current mainstream acknowledgement of Indigenous water cultures. In exploring water justice in rural and remote Indigenous Australia, this paper offers a novel approach to a dilemma more frequently analysed solely as a health development issue.

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Water supply and sanitation in remote Indigenous communities‐priorities for health development

Abstract: Conclusion and Implications:Given the widely accepted importance of water and sanitation to health, the data support the contention that poor environmental

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Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage

Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage

Differential Effects of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on Remote and Indigenous Groups, Northern Territory, Australia, 2009

Water injustices and potential remedies in indigenous rural contexts: A water justice analysis

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