Facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda.
Aim: The aim of the current study was to explore the facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda. Subject and methods: A cross-sectional study design, utilizing narratives from 16 key informants i...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 1011 - 1026 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=184627290&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 184627290 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2025 vid: 33 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 184627290 10.1007/s10389-023-02087-w ppf: 1011 ppct: 15 formats: tig: atl: Facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda. aug: au: Mugambe, Richard K. Ssekamatte, Tonny Isunju, John Bosco Nalugya, Aisha Nakalembe, Doreen Oputan, Patience Yakubu, Habib Moe, Christine L. affil: https://ror.org/03dmz0111 Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Kampala, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda https://ror.org/03czfpz43 The Centre for Global Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Hubert Department of Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA su: Uganda Sanitation Cross-sectional method Qualitative research Decision making Internet Sound recordings Professions Sociodemographic factors Decision support systems Management information systems Database management Research funding Sanitarians Judgment sampling Thematic analysis Conceptual structures Adult education workshops Data analysis software sug: subj: Sanitation Cross-sectional method Qualitative research Decision making Internet Sound recordings Professions Sociodemographic factors Uganda Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services Wired Telecommunications Carriers Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Professional Organizations Sound recording merchant wholesalers Integrated Record Production/Distribution Record Production Decision support systems Management information systems Database management Research funding Sanitarians Judgment sampling Thematic analysis Conceptual structures Adult education workshops Data analysis software keyword: Decision-making Decision-making tools Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Information and Computing Sciences Information Systems Sanitation tools Decision-making Decision-making tools Medical and Health Sciences Public Health and Health Services Information and Computing Sciences Information Systems Sanitation tools ab: Aim: The aim of the current study was to explore the facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda. Subject and methods: A cross-sectional study design, utilizing narratives from 16 key informants in both the public and private sectors was used. Data were collected with the aid of interview guides, audio-recorded, and transcribed verbatim by experienced transcribers. An interviewee transcript review was undertaken to improve the quality of transcriptions, while intercoder reliability was performed to validate the coding process. The coding process was aided by Nvivo version 12.0, following a thematic approach. Results: The sources of information on sanitation-related decision-making support tools included the internet, workshops, communications from agencies such as the World Health Organisation, and the line ministries. The facilitators to utilisation of sanitation related decision-making support tools included awareness, availability of human and financial resources, and the nature of sanitation activities implemented by the practitioner organisations. Conversely, the barriers included inadequate funds, lack of awareness of sanitation-related decision-making support tools, and the nature of activities implemented by the practitioner organisations. Conclusions: There is limited awareness of the sanitation-related decision-making support tools, which in combination with the limited funding and nature of activities implemented by the practitioner organisations, hinders their use. The current study, therefore, highlights the need for stakeholders to invest and undertake capacity building through workshops and other information-sharing platforms such as the internet, as a measure to increase awareness of decision-making tools. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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