Integrating Behavior Change and Hygiene in Public Policy : Four Key Dimensions

During the past decade countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have lifted more than 50 million people out of poverty, yet half of the rural population in the region still lacks access to sanitation and approximately 20 percent t...

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Main Author:	Florez, Rocio
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AGING BASIC SANITATION BEHAVIOR CHANGE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE CAPACITY BUILDING CHOLERA CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CLEAN WATER CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIARRHEA DIET DISABILITY DISINFECTION DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRINKING WATER EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTIVE WATER EMERGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FAMILIES FOOD HYGIENE HAND WASHING HANDS WITH SOAP HANDWASHING HEALTH CARE HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH PROMOTERS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOLISTIC APPROACH HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HYGIENE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR HYGIENE BEHAVIORS HYGIENE PRACTICE HYGIENE PRACTICES HYGIENE PROMOTION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPACT ON CHILDREN INDIVIDUAL CHOICES INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION INTERVENTION INTESTINAL PARASITES LEGAL STATUS LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL CAPACITY BUILDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MASS MEDIA MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITIES NATIONAL STRATEGY NUTRITION PATIENTS PERSONAL HYGIENE POLICY MAKERS POTABLE WATER PRACTITIONERS PRESS RELEASE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE COMPANIES PROGRESS PROMOTION OF HYGIENE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PURIFICATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY WATER REDUCTION OF MORBIDITY REFERRAL SERVICES RISK OF INFECTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL POPULATION SAFE HYGIENE SAFE HYGIENE PRACTICES SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION IMPROVEMENT SANITATION INVESTMENTS SANITATION POLICY SANITATION PROGRAM SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION STRATEGY SOAP SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL MARKETING SOCIAL MOBILIZATION SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SPHERE SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL SYSTEMS SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STORAGE CONTAINERS SUSTAINABLE ACCESS SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNICAL CAPACITY VILLAGE WATER WASHING HANDS WATER QUALITY WATER SERVICE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/19123167/integrating-behavior-change-hygiene-public-policy-four-key-dimensions-lessons-conference-beyond-infrastructure-integrating-hygiene-water-sanitation-policy-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17749

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Summary:	During the past decade countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have lifted more than 50 million people out of poverty, yet half of the rural population in the region still lacks access to sanitation and approximately 20 percent to drinking water. In January 2012, policy makers, scholars, and practitioners from nine LAC countries came together in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to explore the opportunities and challenges of integrating in a more systematic and sustainable way the promotion of hygiene and sanitation behavioral change into water and sanitation investments. During the conference in Santo Domingo, it became evident that a common understanding is currently emerging from most countries in the sense that infrastructure by itself will not solve the global problems of inadequate access to improved sanitation and potable water, unless people adopt new behaviors. Therefore, there is a need to spread learning on best practices to implement cost effective water, sanitation and hygiene models, which bring about change at home and in the community at scale. This paper highlights key issues that arose in presentations and group discussions during the conference, which, can lead to substantial improvements in the provision of a multi-sector approach to hindering sustainable water and sanitation services for all.

Integrating Behavior Change and Hygiene in Public Policy : Four Key Dimensions

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