Open Access: Why doesn't every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda

Deterrence as an approach aims to prevent a non-state actor who is planning to threat and harm a nation state externally and internally. The present study designed to find out that to what extent Deterrence as security strategy is effective against non-traditional threats in Pakistan?, and Whether the deterrence as security strategy remains effective against non-traditional threats of terrorism and cyber threats in Pakistan? The world has redefined and reorganized the security strategies after 9/11terroists attacks. The fourth wave in the deterrence theory has extended the deterrence security concept and added up the non-traditional threats as necessary part in security planning. Non-Traditional threats, terrorism, ambiguous warfare, cyber threats, water security, human security and energy crises etc now have equal importance with the border security. To protect the state from these actors, Pakistan is now reassessing and reorganized its security strategies. But these policies need more deliberate efforts to deal with such internal and external factors that are slowly and constantly weakening the state.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 4, Issue-4: 267-274

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Frequent attendance in family practice and common mental disorders in an open access health care system

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.02.010 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 72 (6) ◽

pp. 413-418 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Joanna Norton ◽

Michel David ◽

Guilhem de Roquefeuil ◽

Jean-Philippe Boulenger ◽

Josip Car ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Open Access ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Health Care System ◽

Family Practice ◽

Common Mental Disorders ◽

Frequent Attendance ◽

Care System

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Diarrhoea prevention in a high-risk rural Kenyan population through point-of-use chlorination, safe water storage, sanitation, and rainwater harvesting

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s095026880700026x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 136 (11) ◽

pp. 1463-1471 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

V. GARRETT ◽

P. OGUTU ◽

P. MABONGA ◽

S. OMBEKI ◽

A. MWAKI ◽

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Keyword(s):

Rainwater Harvesting ◽

Health Impact ◽

Household Water Treatment ◽

Safe Water ◽

Point Of Use ◽

Household Water ◽

Shallow Wells ◽

Diarrhoea Prevention ◽

The Impact ◽

Combined Interventions

SUMMARYLack of access to safe water and sanitation contributes to diarrhoea moribidity and mortality in developing countries. We evaluated the impact of household water treatment, latrines, shallow wells, and rainwater harvesting on diarrhoea incidence in rural Kenyan children. We compared diarrhoea rates in 960 children aged <5 years in 556 households in 12 randomly selected intervention villages and six randomly selected comparison villages during weekly home visits over an 8-week period. On multivariate analysis, chlorinating stored water [relative risk (RR) 0·44, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0·28–0·69], latrine presence (RR 0·71, 95% CI 0·54–0·92), rainwater use (RR 0·70, 95% CI 0·52–0·95), and living in an intervention village (RR 0·31, 95% CI 0·23–0·41), were independently associated with lower diarrhoea risk. Diarrhoea risk was higher among shallow well users (RR 1·78, 95% CI 1·12–2·83). Chlorinating stored water, latrines, and rainwater use all decreased diarrhoea risk; combined interventions may have increased health impact.

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