ArticleMedical anthropology quarterly2017
The Effects of Water Insecurity and Emotional Distress on Civic Action for Improved Water Infrastructure in Rural South Africa.
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- Evidence on the links between water insecurity, inadequate sanitation and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Psychological effects of water scarcity on community members: a case study of Lephalale municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Frequency and perceived difficulty of household water experiences in Morogoro, Tanzania: Evidence of the psychosocial burden of water insecurity.SSM. Mental health · 2024Article
- Impact of water insecurity amidst endemic and pandemic in Pakistan: Two tales unsolved.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Seasonality of drinking water sources and the impact of drinking water source on enteric infections among children in Limpopo, South Africa.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2021Article
- 'We Are Drinking Diseases': Perception of Water Insecurity and Emotional Distress in Urban Slums in Accra, Ghana.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- "When you have no water, it means you have no peace": A mixed-methods, whole-population study of water insecurity and depression in rural Uganda.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Measuring Human Water Needs.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2020Article
- 'Water is life': developing community participation for clean water in rural South Africa.BMJ global health · 2019Article
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Abstract
The South African constitution ratifies water as a human right. Yet millions of citizens remain disconnected from the national water infrastructure. Drawing on data collected in 2013-2014 from women in northern South Africa, this study explores "water citizenship"-individual civic engagement related to improving water service provision. Literature indicates that water insecurity is associated with emotional distress and that water-related emotional distress influences citizen engagement. I extend these lines of research by assessing the connection that water insecurity and emotional distress may collectively have with civic engagement to improve access to water infrastructure.
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