Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access

Abstract

Management Practice of Constructed Rural Water Points and Its Associated Factors at Aneded District, East Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

Ayechew Yedemie, Zewdu Dagnew, Getachew Mengistu and Girma Alem

Introduction: Rural water point management refers to the ability of coordinating the efforts of people to accomplish desired goals and objectives by using available resources efficiently. Management of water points comprises planning, organizing, implementing, leading, controlling and evaluating of the rural water points to meet the needs of the community. Objective: To assess management practice of constructed rural water points and its associated factors at Aneded district, northwest Ethiopia, 2015. Method: Community based cross sectional study design was conducted from March 1-30/2015 G.C. Multistage sampling method was used. A total of 635 household heads from 38 water points were included in the study. Data was collected by trained data collectors using semi-structured questionnaires. Data was entered using Epi data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Odds ratio at 95% confidence level was used to express the observed associations at 5% significant level. Result: The magnitude of good management practice in the study area was 379 (59.7%). Study participants had different roles in management practice of water points, 337 (53.1%) participated in planning, 369 (58.1%) participated in implementation, 356 (56.1%) participated in evaluation activities. The variables, male of respondents, adequate knowledge, haven’t alternative water source, distance far from 1000 meters to water points and adequate water consumption (AOR=2.7 [1.719, 4.185]), (AOR=2.6 [1.788, 3.835]), (AOR=1.6 [1.085, 2.314]), (AOR=0.3 [0.208, 0.441]) and (AOR=1.6 [1.054, 2.316]) were significantly associated to management practice of rural water points respectively. Conclusion and recommendation: The rural water point management practice of the study subjects was good. The associated factors which affect management practice of rural water point were, sex, knowledge, alternative water source, distance from water points and per-capita water consumptions. Therefore management practice of rural water points in the district were continued without any