This workshop report resulted from the Linkoping Programme on Safe Water and Environment which organized four studies in south India focusing on water use, sanitation and hygiene behaviours using observational and informal interview methods.
| Title | Learning together : participatory hygiene behaviour initiatives : a report on the workshop at Gandhigram, T.N., January 7th and 8th 1994 |
| Publication Type | Conference Report |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Bhai, V |
| Pagination | iii, 49 p. |
| Date Published | 1994-01-01 |
| Publisher | Centre of Applied Social Research |
| Place Published | Hyderabad, India |
| Keywords | behaviour, community participation, external support agencies, government organizations, hygiene, non-governmental organizations, participatory methods, research, sanitation, water use |
| Abstract | This workshop report resulted from the Linkoping Programme on Safe Water and Environment which organized four studies in south India focusing on water use, sanitation and hygiene behaviours using observational and informal interview methods. objectives of the workshop were to share experiences of this research, and to discuss the issues and strategies for designing and implementing hygiene interventions through community participation. The report states the basic premises used i organizing the workshop as seeking low cost options for safe water and safe environment, applying an integrated perspective in which sanitation, hygiene, health and related social development are integral parts of the package for rural water latrines, implementing programmes through community involvement especially that of women and children, and involving voluntary agencies. The report summarizes the approaches to research on hygiene behaviour of the Linkoping study; of volunta agencies; of bilateral agencies such as UNICEF, Socio-Economic Units, Kerala, and Netherlands Assisted Projects; and of the national rural sanitation programme. A section of the report records a question-answer session dealing with condition success of latrines, priorities and agenda for hygiene interventions, and operational guidelines for such interventions. Also included is the debate on key issues such as the role of institutional arrangements in providing inputs for the sof aspects of rural water supply and sanitation, the compatibility between structured programme strategies and involvement of village communities, the problems of voluntary agencies, the scope of hygiene interventions, and the limitations of st health education methods. The general conclusion of the workshop includes the importance of software in planning and improvement, the overwhelming significance of focusing on hygiene behaviour and not merely constructing facilities, and last limitations of the centralized hardware-oriented government infrastructure. |
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