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Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study
AIM: The study aims to assess the practice of using unsafe drinking water and sanitary practices among the population dwelling in slum settings of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha, India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 288 households in the Bhubaneswar slums of Chandrasekh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1544_22 |
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author | Alice, Alice Behera, Deepanjali Behera, Manas Ranjan Patra, Shantanu Kumar Mishra, Jayanti |
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description | AIM: The study aims to assess the practice of using unsafe drinking water and sanitary practices among the population dwelling in slum settings of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha, India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 288 households in the Bhubaneswar slums of Chandrasekharpur, Neeladri Vihar, and Trinatha basti. A questionnaire was administered face to face. Descriptive statistics were used to define the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, household information, drinking water, latrine characteristics, and waste disposal. RESULTS: The majority (59.7%) resided in kutcha households in notified slum areas, and 89.6% were reportedly illiterate. About 92.7% resided in a deplorable condition, relying on piped water (79.5%) from the community sources and 20.5% used it for drinking and household purposes. Around 83% of the respondents stated they did not treat water before consumption. Bathroom facilities were found to be inadequate, and 74.3% used pit latrines. The majority of household wastes (83%) were managed by directly letting them to the drainage system untreated. As a consequence, 91% reported breeding of flies and mosquitoes near their household premises and 70.5% stated having fever in the past 6 months. CONCLUSION: Despite the government’s initiatives to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategies, an extensive gap in practice was observed. As a result, Bhubaneswar municipality must strictly enforce policy and regulatory guidelines concerning WASH to improve the sanitation practices, particularly in the areas of drinking water and household waste management. |
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spelling | pubmed-101319722023-04-27 Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study Alice, Alice Behera, Deepanjali Behera, Manas Ranjan Patra, Shantanu Kumar Mishra, Jayanti J Family Med Prim Care Original Article AIM: The study aims to assess the practice of using unsafe drinking water and sanitary practices among the population dwelling in slum settings of Bhubaneswar city, Odisha, India. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 288 households in the Bhubaneswar slums of Chandrasekharpur, Neeladri Vihar, and Trinatha basti. A questionnaire was administered face to face. Descriptive statistics were used to define the participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, household information, drinking water, latrine characteristics, and waste disposal. RESULTS: The majority (59.7%) resided in kutcha households in notified slum areas, and 89.6% were reportedly illiterate. About 92.7% resided in a deplorable condition, relying on piped water (79.5%) from the community sources and 20.5% used it for drinking and household purposes. Around 83% of the respondents stated they did not treat water before consumption. Bathroom facilities were found to be inadequate, and 74.3% used pit latrines. The majority of household wastes (83%) were managed by directly letting them to the drainage system untreated. As a consequence, 91% reported breeding of flies and mosquitoes near their household premises and 70.5% stated having fever in the past 6 months. CONCLUSION: Despite the government’s initiatives to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategies, an extensive gap in practice was observed. As a result, Bhubaneswar municipality must strictly enforce policy and regulatory guidelines concerning WASH to improve the sanitation practices, particularly in the areas of drinking water and household waste management. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-03 2023-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10131972/ /pubmed/37122666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1544_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Alice, Alice Behera, Deepanjali Behera, Manas Ranjan Patra, Shantanu Kumar Mishra, Jayanti Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title | Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | assessment of sanitation and drinking water facilities among slum households in bhubaneswar, odisha – a cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1544_22 |
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