Moringa as a household water purification method

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Autor(a) principal: Bancessi, Aducabe
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Teodósio, Rosa, Duarte, Elizabeth, Baldé, Aladje, Catarino, Luís, Nazareth, Teresa
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/160187
Resumo: Funding Information: The authors wish to the on-site logistic support of Caritas Diocesana de Bissau (Monica Canavesi). We thank the entire Local health community workers, who facilitated contact with the local population. To Eng. Quintino Bancessi for providing transportation during fieldwork and also for all his work as a facilitator. Funding Information: This study was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) through the PhD grant SFRH/BD/135356/2017, the research centers’ grants UIDB/00329/2020 (cE3c), UID/AGR/04129/2019 (LEAF). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
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spelling Moringa as a household water purification methodCommunity perception and pilot study in Guinea-BissauBeliefDrinking waterMoringaPerceptionsWater treatmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingFunding Information: The authors wish to the on-site logistic support of Caritas Diocesana de Bissau (Monica Canavesi). We thank the entire Local health community workers, who facilitated contact with the local population. To Eng. Quintino Bancessi for providing transportation during fieldwork and also for all his work as a facilitator. Funding Information: This study was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) through the PhD grant SFRH/BD/135356/2017, the research centers’ grants UIDB/00329/2020 (cE3c), UID/AGR/04129/2019 (LEAF). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).Background: Public perceptions of water-related issues are still under-researched topics. The current paper intends to explore a local community’s perceptions regarding household water purification (HWP) strategies, namely before and after trying a new method: moringa seeds powder (moringa-teabag). Methods: In September 2020, six focus group discussions (N = 65) assessing perceptions about the usefulness of Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae) as a HWP method (before moringa-based HWP trials), and questionnaires (N = 104) evaluating successes and identifying difficulties (after one week of moringa-based HWP trials). Participants were all women aged over 18 years, living in Ondame, Biombo region, Guinea-Bissau. Data were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative approaches. Results: The focus group discussions revealed that people are aware of the fact that water can transmit diseases. Although certain persons showed concern about shallow well water safety, people generally underestimate the risk, as they trust tubewell water. Not everyone had an understanding of what water contamination is, or the concept of medical importance. Some respondents declared they use traditional methods such as boiling and bleach to treat water before drinking. However, those who reported no kind of treatment indicated reasons such as lack of time, cost, and bleach’s taste and smell. In the questionnaire, more than half of the participants (68%) reported treating water before consumption. Nevertheless, these results are not consistent with our field notes. Participants demonstrated a strong belief in the capacity of moringa-teabags to purify water and even consider them better or much better (81%) than other methods. Participants asked for more information on moringa-teabag for household water purification. Conclusion: More information on water treatment and water safety would help to raise public awareness about waterborne diseases. These findings could be used to promote greater adherence to moringa-based HWP as an alternative to household water treatment.NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)Vector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)RUNBancessi, AducabeTeodósio, RosaDuarte, ElizabethBaldé, AladjeCatarino, LuísNazareth, Teresa2023-11-20T22:07:50Z2022-122022-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/160187eng1471-2458PURE: 47849883https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14344-winfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:42:44Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/160187Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:57:53.768791Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Moringa as a household water purification method
Community perception and pilot study in Guinea-Bissau
title Moringa as a household water purification method
spellingShingle Moringa as a household water purification method
Bancessi, Aducabe
Belief
Drinking water
Moringa
Perceptions
Water treatment
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
title_short Moringa as a household water purification method
title_full Moringa as a household water purification method
title_fullStr Moringa as a household water purification method
title_full_unstemmed Moringa as a household water purification method
title_sort Moringa as a household water purification method
author Bancessi, Aducabe
author_facet Bancessi, Aducabe
Teodósio, Rosa
Duarte, Elizabeth
Baldé, Aladje
Catarino, Luís
Nazareth, Teresa
author_role author
author2 Teodósio, Rosa
Duarte, Elizabeth
Baldé, Aladje
Catarino, Luís
Nazareth, Teresa
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE)
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT)
Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
Vector borne diseases and pathogens (VBD)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bancessi, Aducabe
Teodósio, Rosa
Duarte, Elizabeth
Baldé, Aladje
Catarino, Luís
Nazareth, Teresa
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Belief
Drinking water
Moringa
Perceptions
Water treatment
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
topic Belief
Drinking water
Moringa
Perceptions
Water treatment
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
description Funding Information: The authors wish to the on-site logistic support of Caritas Diocesana de Bissau (Monica Canavesi). We thank the entire Local health community workers, who facilitated contact with the local population. To Eng. Quintino Bancessi for providing transportation during fieldwork and also for all his work as a facilitator. Funding Information: This study was funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) through the PhD grant SFRH/BD/135356/2017, the research centers’ grants UIDB/00329/2020 (cE3c), UID/AGR/04129/2019 (LEAF). Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
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2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
2023-11-20T22:07:50Z
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