HWISE-RCN Newsletter - February 2019

Dr. Chad Staddon is a Professor of Resource Economics and Policy in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Dr. Staddon is also the founder-director of the International Water Security Network and leads the research on urban water demand, under the Urban Water Security strand. Dr. Staddon serves as an executive committee member for the Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) – Research Coordination Network (RCN).

In addition to his UWE, Bristol post, Chad also maintains professional affiliations with the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the School for Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. He is also an active member of the International Water Resources Association, the Royal Geographical Society and sits on the southwest regional committee for the Chartered Institute for Water and Environmental Management, and the Bristol Water Plc Local Engagement Forum.
His current research interests lie in the areas of better understanding the nature and drivers of urban water demand and the potential for social and economic instruments to drive conservation efforts.

Dr. Staddon’s selected publications:

Staddon, C., Rogers, J., Warriner, C., Ward, S. and Powell, W. (2018) Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda. Water International, 43 (8). pp. 1114-1135. ISSN 0250-8060 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/38608
Wutich, A., Budds, J., Jepson, W., Harris, L. and Staddon, C. (2018) Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews - Water, 5 (6). e1309. ISSN 2049-1948 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36750
Staddon, C. and Scott, C. A. (2018) Putting water security to work: Addressing global challenges. Water International, 43 (8). pp. 1017-1025. ISSN 1941-1707 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/38889
Staddon, C., Ward, S., De Vito, L., Zuniga-Teran, A., Gerlak, A. K., Schoeman, Y., Hart, A. and Booth, G. (2018) Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38 (3). pp. 330-338. ISSN 2194-5403 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/37696
Simpson, K., Staddon, C., Spotswood, F. and Ward, S. (2018) Challenges of researching showering routines – from the individual to the socio-material. In: 5th Annual Water Efficiency Network Conference, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, 5-7 September 2018., pp. 243-252 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/38547
Appleby, T., Studley, M., Moorhouse, B., Judith, B., Staddon, C. and Bean, E. (2018) Sea of possibilities: Old and new uses of remote sensing data for the enforcement of the Ascension Island marine protected area. Marine Policy. ISSN 0308-597X Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/36930
Baker, K., Tang, S., Sweetapple, C., Ward, S., Staddon, C., Bishop, T., Bulmer, P. and Butler, D. (2018) Resilience learning for water sector culture change. In: 6th Joint EWA/JSWA/WEF Conference: Resilience of the Water Sector, Munich, Germany, 15-18 May 2018. Hennef: European Water Association, pp. 6-26 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/38545

For more information and a list of his current research projects, visit his website at https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/ChadStaddon and follow him @Doctor_Chad on Twitter.

New Paper Announcement!

“Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale”: The HWISE-RCN announces the latest publication, “Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale,” by members Dr. Sera Young, Shalean Collins, Dr. Godfred Boateng, Dr. Torsten Neilands, Zeina Jamaluddine, Joshua Miller, Dr. Alexandra Brewis, Dr. Edward Frongillo, Dr. Wendy Jepson, Dr. Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, Dr. Roseanne Schuster, Dr. Justin Stoler, Dr. Amber Wutich on behalf of the HWISE Research Coordination Network. This publication is based off the work of anthropologists, geographers, nutritionists, statisticians and epidemiologists, among others, in 28 sites across four continents.

Abstract: Introduction A wide range of water-related problems contribute to the global burden of disease. Despite the many plausible consequences for health and well-being, there is no validated tool to measure individual- or household-level water insecurity equivalently across varying cultural and ecological settings. Accordingly, we are developing the Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale to measure household-level water insecurity in multiple contexts. Methods and analysis After domain specification and item development, items were assessed for both content and face validity. Retained items are being asked in surveys in 28 sites globally in which water-related problems have been reported (eg, shortages, excess water and issues with quality), with a target of at least 250 participants from each site. Scale development will draw on analytic methods from both classical test and item response theories and include item reduction and factor structure identification. Scale evaluation will entail assessments of reliability, and predictive, convergent, and discriminant validity, as well as the assessment of differentiation between known groups.

New Paper Announcement!

Abstract: Water sharing between households could crucially mitigate short-term household water shortages, yet it is a vastly understudied phenomenon. Here we use comparative survey data from eight sites in seven sub-Saharan African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda) to answer three questions: With whom do households share water? What is expected in return? And what roles do need and affordability play in shaping those transfers? We find that water is shared predominantly between neighbors, that transfers are more frequent when water is less available and less affordable, and that most sharing occurs with no expectation of direct payback. These findings identify water sharing, as a form of generalized reciprocity, to be a basic and consistent household coping strategy against shortages and unaffordability of water in sub-Saharan Africa.

Upcoming HWISE Events

HWISE Launch at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, February 14-17, 2019). The meeting is hosted at the Barrett & O'Connor Center on February 13, 2019 from 4:30-6:30 PM (1800 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006, 8th Floor Venue).

HWISE Special Sessions and Research at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, April 3-7, 2019). Mark your calendars - we will be hosting an open reception at the AAG on April 4, 2019 from 7:00-8:30 PM at the Marriott Wardman Parkman Balcony 1 (2660 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008), come join us for the launch of the HWISE-RCN!

Upcoming Conferences

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, February 14-17, 2019

Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Chicago, IL, March 8-10, 2019

Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, OR, March 19-23, 2019

Breastfeeding and Feminism, Chapel Hill, NC, March 20-22, 2019

REACH Conference on Water Security and Poverty, Keble College, University of Oxford, UK, March 27-29, 2019. Early bird tickets available until December 16, 2018.

Consider attending the Human Biology Association meeting in Cleveland, March 27-28, where there will be a strong HWISE-RCN presence. On the afternoon of Wednesday 27^th March, the Plenary Session is on the Human Biology of Water, organized by HWISE_RCN folks Asher Rosinger and Alex Brewis. Other HWISE_RCN folks in the plenary line-up include Cassandra Workman and Ellis Adams. To cap the event, our own Amber Wutich is the highlight speaker of the conference, talking on “Water Insecurity: An Agenda for Research and Call to Action for Human Biology.” Email alex.brewis@asu.edu with any questions.

American Association of Geographers, Washington, DC, April 3-7, 2019

Nordic Geographers Meeting, Sustainable Geography-Geographies of Sustainability, Trondheim, Norway, June 16-19, 2019. Deadline for abstracts, December 15, 2018

Human Development & Capability Association, London, UK, September 9-11, 2019

International WaTER Conference, Norman, OK, September 16-17, 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS – Health and Ecology: Water, Wellbeing and Medicine. The Journal of Culture, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute of Ethnology at Charles University in Prague, Czech, is calling for papers discussing the concepts of wellbeing and health from a holistic perspective in relationship to the element of water within a larger ecological paradigm, as well as practices associated with these concepts, aiming at nurturing and restoring wellbeing and health through medical, complementary and alternative approaches and interventions. Read more here and submit a completed manuscript no longer than 8,000 words by September 30, 2019 to the edits of this special issue: Jana Kopelentova Rehak, jrehak@umbc.edu; Alexander Rödlach, roedlach@creighton.edu; Barbora Půtová, barbora.putova@ff.cuni.cz.

Recent HWISE Community Publications

Brewis, A. , Rosinger, A. , Wutich, A. , Adams, E. , Cronk, L. , Pearson, A. , Workman, C. , Young, S. and household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN) (2019). Water sharing, reciprocity, and need: A comparative study of interhousehold water transfers in sub‐Saharan Africa. Economic Anthropology. doi:10.1002/sea2.12143

Young, S. L., S. M. Collins, G. O. Boateng, T. B. Neilands, Z. Jamaluddine, J. D. Miller, A. A. Brewis, E. A. Frongillo, W. E. Jepson, H. Melgar-Quiñonez, R. C. Schuster, J. B. Stoler, and A. Wutich (2019). Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale. BMJ Open 9 (1):bmjopen-2018-023558. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023558

Recently Published Articles of Interest

Mackinnon, E., R. Ayah, R. Taylor, M. Owor, J. Ssempebwa, l. D. Olago, R. Kubalako, A. T. Dia, C. Gaye, L. C. Campos, and E. Fottrell. 2018. 21st century research in urban WASH and health in sub-Saharan Africa: methods and outcomes in transition. International Journal of Environmental Health Research:1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2018.1550193

Shah, S. H., C. H. Wagner, U. Sanga, H. Park, L. H. M. d. L. Demange, C. Gueiros, and M. T. Niles. 2019. Does Household Capital Mediate the Uptake of Agricultural Land, Crop, and Livestock Adaptations? Evidence From the Indo-Gangetic Plains (India). Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00001

Simpson, K., C. Staddon, and S. Ward. 2019. Challenges of Researching Showering Routines: From the Individual to the Socio-Material. Urban Science 3 (1):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3010019

About HWISE-RCN

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Upcoming HWISE Events

HWISE Launch at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting (Washington, DC, February 14-17, 2019). The meeting is hosted at the Barrett & O'Connor Center on February 13, 2019 from 4:30-6:30 PM (1800 I St NW, Washington, DC 20006, 8th Floor Venue).

Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Opportunities

CALL FOR PAPERS

Recent HWISE Community Publications

Recently Published Articles of Interest

HWISE Member News

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