As part of its response to flooding in the Dominican Republic in 2003, Oxfam GB distributed ceramic “candle” water filters to householders in 7 affected communities. In a randomized, controlled trial conducted among 80 householders in one community during the six-month design life of the ceramic filter elements, faecal water contamination was consistently lower among intervention households tha...

Domestic energy consumption is the product of many different behaviours and decisions made by householders. Current energy interventions, such as smart meters, do not account for such variation and do not consider how householders themselves understand the systems that use energy within their homes. We present two studies which seek to address this issue. Study 1 explored mental representations...

It is imperative that climate, energy, and sustainability policy researchers practitioners grapple with the difficulty of decarbonizing heat, which remains largest single end-use energy service worldwide. In this study, based on a comparative assessment five original representative national surveys in Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (N = 10,109), we explore public attitudes househ...

The dynamics of the ethnic residential distribution in the Yaffo area of Tel Aviv, which is jointly occupied by Arab and Jewish residents, is simulated by means of an entity-based (EB) model. EB models consider householders as separate entities, whose residential behavior is defined by the properties of the surrounding infrastructure and of other householders. The power of the EB approach lies ...

How can we take householders from being disengaged passive energy consumers towards being highly motivated retrofitting energy saving masters? In this paper the ”Power law of engagement model for energy saving” is introduced, which breaks down the process of engaging householders into 8 defined stages. The model is based on the householder’s level of engagement and commitment, but applies Fogg’...

To determine the prevalence of human hydatidosis in Bahir Dar and the sex and age distribution and awareness, we used a questionnaire and retrospective analysis covering 5 years of the case reports at public health institutions in Bahir Dartown and the surrounding areas. We interviewed 244 individuals: 150 households, 32 abattoir workers, 30 butchers and 32 health professionals. None of the hou...

Dengue is linked with climate change in tropical and sub-tropical countries including the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) Thailand. Knowledge about these issues preventive measures can affect incidence outbreak risk of dengue. Therefore, present study was conducted to determine knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAP) among urban rural communities government officials dengue Laos A cross-s...

Global changes in eating attitudes were examined prospectively across pregnancy and 4 months postpartum in a sample of 90 women. In addition, specific changes in dieting behavior and weight/shape satisfaction were assessed at 4 months postpartum for concurrent and retrospective time points. Measures included the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and weight/shape satisfaction in pregnancy and at 4 mon...