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dc.contributor.authorHyllestad, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorVeneti, Lamprini
dc.contributor.authorBugge, Annechen Bahr
dc.contributor.authorRosenberg, Thea Grav
dc.contributor.authorNygård, Karin Maria
dc.contributor.authorAavitsland, Preben
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:52:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-10T14:26:08Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:52:57Z
dc.date.available2019-12-10T14:26:08Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-15
dc.identifier.citationHyllestad S, Veneti L, Bugge AB, Rosenberg TG, Nygård KM, Aavitsland P. Compliance with water advisories after water outages in Norway. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1188):1-9en
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7883
dc.description.abstractBackground Water advisories, especially those concerning boiling drinking water, are widely used to reduce risks of infection from contaminants in the water supply. Since the effectiveness of boil water advisories (BWAs) depends on public compliance, monitoring the public response to such advisories is essential for protecting human health. However, assessments of public compliance with BWAs remain sparse. Thus, this study was aimed at investigating awareness and compliance among residents who had received BWAs in Baerum municipality in Norway. Method We conducted a cross-sectional study among 2764 residents who had received water advisories by SMS in the municipality of Baerum between January and September 2017. We analysed data from two focus group discussions and an online survey sent to all residents who had received an advisory. We conducted descriptive analyses and calculated odds ratios (OR) using logistic regression to identify associations of compliance and awareness with demographic characteristics. Results Of the 611 respondents, 67% reported that they had received a water advisory notification. Effective compliance rate with safe drinking water practices, either by storing clean drinking water or boiling tap water, after a water outage was 72% among those who remembered receiving a notification. Compliance with safe drinking water advisories was lower among men than women (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.29–0.96), but was independent of age, education and household type. The main reason for respondents’ non-compliance with safe water practices was that they perceived the water to be safe to drink after letting it flush through the tap until it became clear. Conclusions Awareness of advisories was suboptimal among residents who had received notifications, but compliance was high. The present study highlights the need to improve the distribution, phrasing and content of water advisory notifications to achieve greater awareness and compliance. Future studies should include hard-to-reach groups with adequate data collection approaches and examine the use of BWAs in a national context to inform future policies on BWAs.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMC (part of Springer Nature)en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBMC Public Health;19, Article number: 1188 (2019)
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectBoil water advisoriesen
dc.subjectPublic compliancesen
dc.subjectWater supply interruptionsen
dc.subjectAdherenceen
dc.subjectDrinking wateren
dc.subjectCommunicationsen
dc.titleCompliance with water advisories after water outages in Norwayen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-12-04T11:52:57Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7504-8
dc.identifier.cristin1720184
dc.source.journalBMC Public Health


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