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ArticleInternational health2019

Household water sharing: a missing link in international health.

Justin Stoler, Alexandra Brewis, Leila M Harris, Amber Wutich, Amber L Pearson, Asher Y Rosinger, Roseanne C Schuster, Sera L Young

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Article in International health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Interacting Water Insecurity and Food Insecurity: Recent Advances in Theory and Application.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025
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  11. Food Insecurity and Water Insecurity in Rural Zimbabwe: Development of Multidimensional Household Measures.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Justin StolerDepartment of Geography, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Alexandra BrewisSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Leila M HarrisInstitute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Amber WutichSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Amber L PearsonDepartment of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Asher Y RosingerDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Roseanne C SchusterSchool of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Sera L YoungDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

Funding

Health consequences of water insecurity for HIV-infected mothers & their infantsR21MH108444 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI YOUNG, SERA LEWISE · 2016 to 2017
$390k
NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH108444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water insecurity massively undermines health, especially among impoverished and marginalized communities. Emerging evidence shows that household-to-household water sharing is a widespread coping strategy in vulnerable communities. Sharing can buffer households from the deleterious health effects that typically accompany seasonal shortages, interruptions of water services and natural disasters. Conversely, sharing may also increase exposure to pathogens and become burdensome and distressing in times of heightened need. These water sharing systems have been almost invisible within global health research but need to be explored, because they can both support and undermine global public health interventions, planning and policy.

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Family CharacteristicsGlobal HealthHumansWater Supplymultiple water sourceswater insecuritywater policywater sharing

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PMID30576501
PMCPMC6484635

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