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Publications

This information is provided by the National Center for Environmental Health’s Environmental Health Services Branch for informational and historical purposes. The GWASH function is now in another CDC organizational unit. This information is not maintained and may no longer be current and/or accurate.

Water Safety Plans

Fact Sheet: A Conceptual Framework to Evaluate Water Safety Plans [PDF - 477 KB]

Fact Sheet: Water Safety Plans: CDC's Role [PDF - 260 KB]

Success Story: Cleaner, Safer Water Through Water Safety Plans [PDF - 286 KB]

Caribbean Environmental Health Institute. Water Safety Plan: Linden, Guyana [PDF - 1.6 MB]. Castries, St. Lucia: Caribbean Environmental Health Institute; 2009.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A conceptual framework to evaluate the impacts of Water Safety Plans [PDF 1.4 MB] . Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2011. (fact sheet summary of the framework [PDF - 477 KB])

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A guide for conducting household surveys for Water Safety Plans [PDF - 340 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Household water use and health assessment, Spanish Town, Jamaica Water Safety Plan [PDF - 406 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Household water use and health survey for the Water Safety Plan, Linden, Guyana [PDF - 248 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.

Environmental & Engineering Managers, LTD. Water Safety Plan: Spanish Town Water Supply, St. Catherine, Jamaica [PDF - 3.2 MB]. Kingston, Jamaica: Environmental & Engineering Managers, LTD; 2007.

Gelting R. Water safety plans: CDC’s role. [PDF - 266 KB] [commentary] J Environ Health. 2009;72(4):44-5.

For more information on Water Safety Plans, please visit GWASH’s Water Safety Plans Web page.

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Sustainability

Fact Sheet: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sustainability Project [PDF - 192 KB]

Hubbard B, Sarisky J, Gelting R, Baffigo V, Seminario R, Centurion C. A community demand-driven approach for sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure development. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2011. Online ahead of print: doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.05.005.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, February 14 – March 5, 2009 [PDF – 3.5 MB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the sustainability of water and sanitation interventions in Central America after Hurricane Mitch, February 12 – 27, 2006 [PDF - 495 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.

Moll DM, McElroy RH, Sabogal R, Corrales LF, Gelting RJ. Health impact of water and sanitation infrastructure reconstruction programmes in eight Central American communities affected by Hurricane Mitch. J Wat Health. 2007;5(1):51-65.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Evaluation of the health impact of the American Red Cross-sponsored water and sanitation infrastructure reconstruction programs in communities affected by Hurricane Mitch: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2002 [PDF - 348 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2002.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mid-term survey and evaluation of American Red Cross-sponsored community reconstruction of water and sanitation: Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2001 [PDF - 962 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2002.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Red Cross post-Hurricane Mitch community reconstruction water and sanitation baseline survey in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala - February 2000 [PDF - 541 KB]. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2001.

Sabogal R. Global Environmental Health: Sustainability. [PDF - 197 KB] [commentary] J Environ Health. 2010;73(3):26-7.

For more information on the Central America Water and Sanitation Sustainability Evaluation, please visit GWASH’s Sustainability Research Web page.

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Community Environmental Health Assessment

Fact Sheet: Community Environmental Health Assessment in Peru [PDF - 260 KB]

Fact Sheet: Evaluación Salud Ambiental Comuniataria en Peru [PDF - 121 KB]

Hubbard B. Working to build healthy communities: community environmental health assessments using PACE EH [PDF - 145 KB]. J Environ Health. 2006;69(3):32–3.

Hubbard B, Gelting R, Baffigo V, Sarisky J. Community environmental health assessment strengthens environmental public health services in the Peruvian Amazon. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2005;208(1–2):101–7.

For more information on the Peruvian Community Environmental Health Assessment, please visit GWASH’s Peruvian Community Environmental Health Assessment and the Community Environmental Health Assessments Resources Web pages.



Other Publications Related to Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

Institute of Medicine. Global environmental health: research gaps and barriers for providing sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene services: workshop summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2009. [Gelting R]

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