Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan
Access to safe drinking water and sanitation is the basic right of every human being which directly influence health and social outcomes. Without adopting a project to its cultural settings, the project has very little or no chance for success or to be sustainable. The objective of the present study was to examine the socio-cultural barriers towards safe water, sanitation and hygiene practices in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It was a mixed method of research comprising qualitative and quantitative design. The qualitative data was collected through FGDs, and quantitative data was collected through an interview schedule. It was found that Cultural constraints like satisfaction and reliability towards traditional and myth-based norms are hampering the water, sanitation and hygiene practices. It is necessary to start comprehensive programs of WASH sector development with a special focus on social mobilization for the transformation of social norms along with resource allocation to improve WASH conditions/practices.
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(1) Hasan Ghaffoor
PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Farooq
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Sadaf Mahmood
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Ghaffoor, H., Farooq, M., & Mahmood, S. (2020). Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V(III), 109-117. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).12
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CHICAGO : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Sadaf Mahmood. 2020. "Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V (III): 109-117 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).12
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HARVARD : GHAFFOOR, H., FAROOQ, M. & MAHMOOD, S. 2020. Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V, 109-117.
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MHRA : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Sadaf Mahmood. 2020. "Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V: 109-117
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MLA : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Sadaf Mahmood. "Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V.III (2020): 109-117 Print.
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OXFORD : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Farooq, Muhammad, and Mahmood, Sadaf (2020), "Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, V (III), 109-117
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TURABIAN : Ghaffoor, Hasan, Muhammad Farooq, and Sadaf Mahmood. "Socio-Cultural Barriers of Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Practices in South Punjab Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. III (2020): 109-117. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).12