Loading...
A review of health and hygiene promotion as part of sanitation delivery programmes to informal settlements in the City of Cape Town
Author(s)
Van Wyk, Renay
Date Issued
2007
Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Abstract
Good sanitation includes appropriate health and hygiene promotion. This implies that
proper health and hygiene promotion would have the desired effect as part of sanitation
service delivery. However, lessons learnt worldwide show that in the promotion of health
and hygiene, it is not enough simply to provide facilities, because if people do not use the
available facilities properly, conditions do not improve or the system breaks down.
The 1986 Ottawa Charter of the World Health Organisation suggests that effective health
and hygiene promotion requires the following key elements:
• the empowerment of local communities to take responsibility for promoting
sanitation and environmental health
• collaborative partnerships of role-players across departments
• supportive policy environments.
Against this background. the focus of this study is the extent to which health and hygiene
promotion forms part of sanitation delivery programmes to informal settlements in the
City of Cape Town. The investigation was confined to a comparative review of
approaches to health and hygiene promotion in four case study sites (Khayelitsha, Joe
Slovo, Kayamandi and Imizamu Yetho) in the context of the following criteria:
• Community and household capacity to take responsibility for community-based
health and hygiene promotion
• Role-players and collaborative partnerships across departments
• Implementation of health and hygiene promotion and alignment with national
policy.
Analysis of the case studies highlights the ineffectiveness of once-off awareness
campaigns and the need for a more comprehensive approach to health and hygiene
promotion in line with the Ottawa Charter.
The push towards universal coverage of basic sanitation services will not bring the
intended health benefits of delivery if, for instance, the provision of toilets is not
complemented by appropriate health and hygiene promotion programmes.
proper health and hygiene promotion would have the desired effect as part of sanitation
service delivery. However, lessons learnt worldwide show that in the promotion of health
and hygiene, it is not enough simply to provide facilities, because if people do not use the
available facilities properly, conditions do not improve or the system breaks down.
The 1986 Ottawa Charter of the World Health Organisation suggests that effective health
and hygiene promotion requires the following key elements:
• the empowerment of local communities to take responsibility for promoting
sanitation and environmental health
• collaborative partnerships of role-players across departments
• supportive policy environments.
Against this background. the focus of this study is the extent to which health and hygiene
promotion forms part of sanitation delivery programmes to informal settlements in the
City of Cape Town. The investigation was confined to a comparative review of
approaches to health and hygiene promotion in four case study sites (Khayelitsha, Joe
Slovo, Kayamandi and Imizamu Yetho) in the context of the following criteria:
• Community and household capacity to take responsibility for community-based
health and hygiene promotion
• Role-players and collaborative partnerships across departments
• Implementation of health and hygiene promotion and alignment with national
policy.
Analysis of the case studies highlights the ineffectiveness of once-off awareness
campaigns and the need for a more comprehensive approach to health and hygiene
promotion in line with the Ottawa Charter.
The push towards universal coverage of basic sanitation services will not bring the
intended health benefits of delivery if, for instance, the provision of toilets is not
complemented by appropriate health and hygiene promotion programmes.
Additional information
Thesis (MTech (Environmental Health))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Loading...
Name
197102778_Van Wyk_R_2007.pdf
Size
4.56 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum
(MD5):d7240699663e3e4028cd2041aa905c7d