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Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh.

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Opar, A; Pfaff, A; Seddique, AA; Ahmed, KM; Graziano, JH; van Geen, A
Published in: Health & place
March 2007

This study documents the response of 6500 rural households in a 25 km(2) area of Bangladesh to interventions intended to reduce their exposure to arsenic contained in well water. The interventions included public education, posting test results for arsenic on the wells, and installing 50 community wells. Sixty-five percent of respondents from the subset of 3410 unsafe wells changed their source of drinking water, often to new and untested wells. Only 15% of respondents from the subset of safe wells changed their source, indicating that health concerns motivated the changes. The geo-referenced data indicate that distance to the nearest safe well also influenced household responses.

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Health & place

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EISSN

1873-2054

ISSN

1353-8292

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

13

Issue

1

Start / End Page

164 / 172

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Supply
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Safety
  • Rural Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans
 

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Opar, A., Pfaff, A., Seddique, A. A., Ahmed, K. M., Graziano, J. H., & van Geen, A. (2007). Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Health & Place, 13(1), 164–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.11.004
Opar, Alisa, Alex Pfaff, A. A. Seddique, K. M. Ahmed, J. H. Graziano, and A. van Geen. “Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh.Health & Place 13, no. 1 (March 2007): 164–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.11.004.
Opar A, Pfaff A, Seddique AA, Ahmed KM, Graziano JH, van Geen A. Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Health & place. 2007 Mar;13(1):164–72.
Opar, Alisa, et al. “Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh.Health & Place, vol. 13, no. 1, Mar. 2007, pp. 164–72. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.11.004.
Opar A, Pfaff A, Seddique AA, Ahmed KM, Graziano JH, van Geen A. Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Health & place. 2007 Mar;13(1):164–172.
Journal cover image

Published In

Health & place

DOI

EISSN

1873-2054

ISSN

1353-8292

Publication Date

March 2007

Volume

13

Issue

1

Start / End Page

164 / 172

Related Subject Headings

  • Water Supply
  • Water Pollutants, Chemical
  • Safety
  • Rural Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Public Health
  • Program Evaluation
  • Male
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Humans