What are the Psychological processes responsible for attitudinal change regarding WASH?
Published on by Charles Hemba, Managing Partner at JEDACH Development Partners in Academic
Dear Colleagues,
There is a great need for us to begin to trace the psychological processes (if possible) that are responsible for attitudinal change in view of the fact that the theme "WASH" is literally built around this. I have been researching on why there is always a relapse specifically in the case of communities triggered using the CLTS strategy to stop open defecation when follow-up is not consistent and even when it is consistent, after the community is declared ODF, they still revert to status quo with time. Is it that their new statuses are inconveniencing them? If we can find out why, then the answer can be used on a broader basis to make our programs/projects sustainable.
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Dear Charles it is an question to all the development workers are guess. You said it very correctly they are not comfortable with the changes. But we have to keep constant follow up and may be the policies like rewarding the best cleaned village etc can help.