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SynthesisInternational journal of hygiene and environmental health2019

Capacity building and training approaches for water safety plans: A comprehensive literature review.

Giuliana Ferrero, Karen Setty, Bettina Rickert, Shannan George, Angella Rinehold, Jennifer DeFrance, Jamie Bartram

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Synthesis in International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Status of Water Safety Plan Development and Implementation in Uganda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Giuliana FerreroIHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Westvest 7, 2611, AX, Delft, the Netherlands. Electronic address: g.ferrero@un-ihe.org.
Karen SettyThe Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bettina RickertGerman Environment Agency, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany.
Shannan GeorgeThe Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Angella RineholdDepartment of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Jennifer DeFranceDepartment of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Jamie BartramThe Water Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Funding

Biostatstics for Research in Environmental HealthT32ES007018 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel, Rebecca Fry · 1985 to 2026
$31.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007018World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization has recommended Water Safety Plans (WSPs), a holistic risk assessment and risk management approach, for drinking-water suppliers across low-, middle- and high-income countries, since publishing its 2004 Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality. While rapid WSP adoption has occurred, capacity is still catching up to implementation needs. Many countries and regions lack case examples, legal requirements, and training resources for WSPs, corresponding to widespread capacity shortfall in the water supply sector. We undertook a comprehensive review of the literature on capacity building and training for WSPs, with the goal of providing recommendations for multiple stakeholder groups at the scales of individual utilities, national governments, and intermediate units of governance. We propose a WSP training taxonomy and discuss it in relation to the stages of learning (introduction, practice, and reinforcement); describe the importance of customizing training to the target group, local language and circumstances; highlight the relevance of auditing for evaluating change over time; and call for robust methods to monitor WSP capacity development.

Indexed as

Capacity BuildingTeachingWater QualityWater SupplyCapacity buildingDrinking-waterTrainingWater safety plansWater supply

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PMID30744955
PMCPMC6545137

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