Water and mental health

A Wutich, A Brewis, A Tsai - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a well‐established connection among water quality, sanitation, and physical health.
The potentially important relationship between water and mental health is considerably less …

Water insecurity and gender‐based violence: A global review of the evidence

PS Tallman, S Collins… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed the existing literature documenting the association between water insecurity
and gender‐based violence to (1) describe the characteristics and contexts of available …

Estimating national, demographic, and socioeconomic disparities in water insecurity experiences in low-income and middle-income countries in 2020–21: a cross …

SL Young, HJ Bethancourt, ZR Ritter… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background We are facing a global water crisis. However, because most water indicators
assess physical availability or infrastructure in aggregate, knowing which sociodemographic …

[HTML][HTML] Water journeys: Household water insecurity, health risks, and embodiment in slums and informal settlements

EA Adams, S Byrns, S Kumwenda, R Quilliam… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water insecurity is a critical public-health challenge in Africa's urban informal settlements,
where most of the population often lacks access to household taps. In these settings, water …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: the importance of water security for ensuring food security, good nutrition, and well-being

SL Young, EA Frongillo, Z Jamaluddine… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water security is a powerful concept that is still in its early days in the field of nutrition. Given
the prevalence and severity of water issues and the many interconnections between water …

The measurement of water access and use is key for more effective food and nutrition policy

SL Young - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Water-related indicators have predominantly focused on water availability and water
infrastructure; experiences with water access and use have received far less attention …

[HTML][HTML] Deep seawater cooling and desalination: Combining seawater air conditioning and desalination

JD Hunt, NAB Weber, B Zakeri, AT Diaby… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In tropical climates, the energy consumed by heating, ventilation and air conditioning can
exceed 50% of the total energy consumption of a building. The demand for cooling is rising …

The embodiment of water insecurity: Injuries and chronic stress in lowland Bolivia

AY Rosinger, HJ Bethancourt, SL Young… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is critical to health and wellbeing. Studies have theorized that problems with water
can become embodied, yet few studies have quantified this. Therefore, we first sought to …

The Individual Water Insecurity Experiences (IWISE) Scale: reliability, equivalence and validity of an individual-level measure of water security

SL Young, HJ Bethancourt, ZR Ritter, EA Frongillo - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Objective The lack of a validated and cross-culturally equivalent scale for measuring
individual-level water insecurity has prevented identification of those most vulnerable to it …

[HTML][HTML] Water borrowing is consistently practiced globally and is associated with water-related system failures across diverse environments

AY Rosinger, A Brewis, A Wutich, W Jepson… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water problems due to scarcity, inaccessibility, or poor quality are a major barrier to
household functioning, livelihood, and health globally. Household-to-household water …