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TY - JOUR
T1 - Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa
T2 - does it WASH?
AU - Tsekleves, Emmanuel
AU - Braga, Mariana Fonseca
AU - Abonge, Christiana
AU - Santana, Marli
AU - Pickup, Roger
AU - Anchang, Kenneth Yongabi
AU - Pippo, Tommaso de
AU - Semple, Kirk
AU - Roy, Manoj
PY - 2022/2/28
Y1 - 2022/2/28
N2 - This transdisciplinary literature review paper aims at addressing the literature lacuna in community engagement and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan countries. By responding to a set of identified WASH-related questions to community engagement, it explores through different disciplinary lenses the challenges and opportunities in this significant area that impacts human health. This transdisciplinary review brought together the disciplines of water engineering, environmental microbiology, public health and infectious disease, design research, women and gender studies, and developmental studies. It examined over 430 papers with 29 papers included in the final review. The main findings suggest integrating women into leadership roles in community water management and water and sanitation programmes can lead to more sustainability and can make water projects more effective. Second, cultural preferences should be a key factor when planning and implementing WASH technologies and interventions. Third, for community engagement to be effective, it should be done with intentionality and over a longer period; and employ existing culturally embedded leadership structures, such as schoolteachers, religious leaders and train change agents.
AB - This transdisciplinary literature review paper aims at addressing the literature lacuna in community engagement and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in sub-Saharan countries. By responding to a set of identified WASH-related questions to community engagement, it explores through different disciplinary lenses the challenges and opportunities in this significant area that impacts human health. This transdisciplinary review brought together the disciplines of water engineering, environmental microbiology, public health and infectious disease, design research, women and gender studies, and developmental studies. It examined over 430 papers with 29 papers included in the final review. The main findings suggest integrating women into leadership roles in community water management and water and sanitation programmes can lead to more sustainability and can make water projects more effective. Second, cultural preferences should be a key factor when planning and implementing WASH technologies and interventions. Third, for community engagement to be effective, it should be done with intentionality and over a longer period; and employ existing culturally embedded leadership structures, such as schoolteachers, religious leaders and train change agents.
KW - community engagement
KW - gender
KW - health
KW - participatory approaches
KW - transdisciplinary review
KW - WASH
U2 - 10.2166/washdev.2022.136
DO - 10.2166/washdev.2022.136
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 143
EP - 156
JO - Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
JF - Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
IS - 2
ER -