We extend the conceptualization of the social and health burdens of household water
insecurity on children beyond the traditional narrow lens of microbiological pathogens and …

Water is imperative for nutrition and health, economic productivity, and political stability; it
also holds cultural and symbolic meanings and functions. Household water insecurity is an …

The world has over 1 billion people without access to safe drinking water and it is expected
that the number of people living in water-stressed or water-scarce places will increase to 3.4 …

The international development community spends billions of dollars annually on safe
drinking water projects globally in low‐and middle‐income settings. These projects are …

Despite the central importance of water for human wellbeing and development, researchers
and practitioners have few tools to quantitatively measure, assess, and compare the scope …

Water insecurity is a key public health and developmental challenge for many communities
across the world. Using a meta-ethnographic synthesis, this study examines how …

Improving water governance is a top priority for addressing the global water crisis. Yet, there
is a dearth of empirical data examining whether better water governance is associated with …

Household survey data from 27 sites in 22 countries were collected in 2017–2018 in order to
construct and validate a cross-cultural household-level water insecurity scale. The resultant …

Household water insecurity is a complex socioecological challenge with a range of
consequences for health and wellbeing. Understanding individual and household‐level …

Household water insecurity has serious implications for the health, livelihoods and
wellbeing of people around the world. Existing methods to assess the state of household …