Water needs and women’s health in the Kumasi metropolitan area, Ghana.
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This paper examines the impact of water fetching by women and the quality of water during periods of water scarcity on the health of women in the Kumasi metropolitan area. A sample of 210 women drawn using systematic random procedure is used for the study. Formal interview is the main instrument used. The survey has established that income, quality of water, hours spent fetching water during scarcity and age are the main factors influencing women's health in the metropolis during water scarcity. In both the core and periphery, the water-related problem influencing health is hours spent fetching water during scarcity. An empirical model on water needs and women's health has emerged from the survey. Recommendations have been made on strategies to ensure regular volume of surface water, effective management of scarce water resources with the participation of women, and ensuring gender equity in domestic services.
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Providing sufficient water for the household was described as important to being a good wife.
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Failure to provide sufficient water for the household has resulted in shame and violence.
“Providing sufficient water for the household was described as important to being a good wife; failure to do so has resulted in shame and violence [153,179,273].”
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- Authors
- Buor, D.
- Affiliations
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Corresponding author
- Buor, Daniel
- ORCID
- Buor, Daniel
- Venue
- Health & Place
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-03
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 85-103
- ISSN
- 1353-8292 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1971906802
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 15
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- FWCI
- 2.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.nivel.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- Health & Place (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
- Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg
- Water Resources Research Institute, North Carolina State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Water Resource Management and Quality
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Public Health and Environmental Issues
- Keywords
- women's health, water fetching, water scarcity, water quality, time use, gender equity, water resources management, urban water supply
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Female, Ghana, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Middle Aged, Population Growth, Poverty, Random Allocation, Urban Health, Water Supply, Women's Health
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