供水中断与更频繁的压力行为和情绪有关,但可预测性可以减轻:一项多站点研究
Patrick Thomson1,2, Amber L Pearson3, Emily Kumpel4
1Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, U.K.
Environmental science & technology
|April 10, 2024
概括
频繁的供水中断会增加家庭的情绪困扰和压力行为. 可预测的中断显著减少了这些负面影响,为供水服务提供商提供了缓解策略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
背景情况:
- 供水中断是家庭用水不安全的一个重要驱动因素.
- 无法预测的水务服务中断可能会通过限制家庭应对策略来加剧水资源不安全.
研究的目的:
- 评估供水中断,其可预测性和家庭心理社会福祉之间的关系.
- 确定可预测的水务服务是否可以减轻对家庭的负面影响.
主要方法:
- 调研模型应用于9个中等收入国家的10个地点的2873个家庭的调查数据.
- 这项研究检查了压力行为和情绪困扰的复合指标.
主要成果:
- 更频繁的供水服务中断与增加的情绪困扰 (β = 0.49) 和压力行为 (β = 0.39) 相相关.
- 中断的可预测性将这些关联减少了约25%的情绪困扰和50%的压力行为.
结论:
- 水务服务提供商可以通过计划性中断和清晰的沟通来减轻间歇性的心理社会影响.
- 优化间歇性供水,并将间歇性/可预测性纳入未来的水务指标,对于解决家庭用水不安全问题至关重要.
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