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Prevention of Diarrhea - Zambia

Region

Global, Africa

Programme Summary


This project focused on the use of Motivational Interviewing techniques to achieve long term behavior change and the adoption of healthier lifestyles. This study represents the first time that this method had been used in the developing world, and its goal was to teach people about water sanitation to prevent water bourne disease.

Communication Strategies



Training sessions were used to inform nurses and health care workers, educational materials were used in homes to show the use of treated stored water, and the washing of hands and utensils. In Motivational Interviewing, nurses visit individual homes once a week to monitor progress and attitudes of the people towards the introduced methods.

Development Issues



Water bourne disease, diarrhea, communication techniques

Key Points



As this was the first use of the technique in a developing world, there were problems encountered, but there have been very positive results on previous projects in the developed world. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a "client-centred directive intervention focused on resolving ambivalence in the direction of change. The helper is active and states opinion, but the final decision for behavioral change is made by the individual.

Partners



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Medical University of South Carolina - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Contact

UNEP
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Asia and the Pacific
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Bldg., Rajdamnern Avenue
10th Floor, B-Block
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 2881870
Fax: (66-2) 2803829
sarabuddhi@un.org

Europe
UNEP Regional Office for Europe
15 Chemin des Anémones, Châtelaine-Genève
1219 Chatelaine, Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: (41-22) 917 82 79
Fax: (41-22) 917 80 24
roe@unep.ch

Latin America and the Caribbean
UNEP Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean
Boulevard de los Virreyes No. 155
Col. Lomas Virreyes, CP 11000- Mexico
D.F., Mexico
Tel: (52-55) 5202 6394
Fax: (52-55) 5202 0950
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North America
UNEP Regional Office for North America
1707 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, D.C 20006
United States
Tel: (1-202) 785 0465
Fax: (1-202) 785 2096
bvd@rona.unep.org

West Asia
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia
P.O. Box 10880
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Tel: (973) 17812752-17812777
Fax: (973) 17825110
uneprowa@unep.org.bh

Africa
UNEP Regional Office for Africa (ROA)
P.O. Box 30552
Nairobi 00100
Kenya
Tel: (254 2) 624 284
Fax: (254 2) 623 928
roainfo@unep.org

Angelica K. Thevos, MSW, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch.
thevosak@musc.edu

Source

Thevos, Angelica K. MSW, Ph.D. Interim Trip Report - Behavior Change Intervention, Point-of-Use Disinfection and Safe Storage for the Prevention of Diarrhea, Kitwe, Zambia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Atlanta Georgia, USA. 05/16/98


Placed on the Communication Initiative site June 26 2002
Last Updated June 26 2002

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