How to Develop a Conceptual Framework for Sanitation

According to a poll reported by the British Medical Journal in 2007, improved sanitation is "the greatest medical advance in the last 150 years" in terms of health benefits. Unfortunately, clean potable water and a safe, clean place to go to the toilet seem unachievable for many people. The World Health Organization reported that in 2008 a total of 2.6 billion people did not have access to improved sanitation. The vast majority of those people live in rural areas. Developing a conceptual framework for sanitation is the first step in increasing access to improved sanitation.

Instructions

    • 1

      Define the terms you will use in your framework. Specify how you will use terms such as "sanitation." Provide basic goals to organize the aspects of your framework.

    • 2

      Assess the current sanitation situation in the area that you are interested in developing. Provide demographic and geographic statistics about the population without improved sanitation. Describe the specific sanitation issues that the population experiences. Summarize the major factors preventing the spread of improved sanitation.

    • 3

      Describe potential solutions or workarounds for the sanitation issues. For example, developing sewer systems to remove and separate human excrement may prove impossible due to scarce water resources. Deploying systems to dry and compost the excrement allows communities to prevent contamination from wet human excrement.

    • 4

      Provide a general plan for implementation. Tell the reader possible ways to bring in the resources to improve or construct the sanitation systems to be implemented. Suggest useful goals and objectives for further implementation frameworks.

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