Our team has successfully surveyed 1,800 households throughout the entirety of Kibera Subcounty in Nairobi. This data will be instrumental in creating a grid-based probability sampling frame for our upcoming study aiming at examining the effect of water testing on adherence to the use of ceramic water filters.
We are grateful for the support of REMIT Kenya in this endeavor. REMIT is a professional company that has first-hand experience in collecting data in Kibera. With their assistance, we have mobilized and trained ten teams of enumerators. Each team, guided by local guides and community health practitioners, conducted interviews with selected households.
These interviews, each lasting between 10 to 20 minutes, were designed to collect essential information. This includes basic sociodemographic data on the household, child health measures (such as the prevalence of diarrhea), and insights into the household’s consumption patterns, beliefs, and attitudes towards drinking water. Through this comprehensive approach, we aim to gain a deeper understanding of the community’s water usage and health practices.
This data and knowledge will help us formulate evidence-based and needs-oriented policy recommendations to improve local communities’ health and resilience.
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