Florez, Rocio2014-04-112014-04-112013-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17749During the past decade countries in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have lifted more than 50 million people out of poverty, yet half of the rural population in the region still lacks access to sanitation and approximately 20 percent to drinking water. In January 2012, policy makers, scholars, and practitioners from nine LAC countries came together in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to explore the opportunities and challenges of integrating in a more systematic and sustainable way the promotion of hygiene and sanitation behavioral change into water and sanitation investments. During the conference in Santo Domingo, it became evident that a common understanding is currently emerging from most countries in the sense that infrastructure by itself will not solve the global problems of inadequate access to improved sanitation and potable water, unless people adopt new behaviors. Therefore, there is a need to spread learning on best practices to implement cost effective water, sanitation and hygiene models, which bring about change at home and in the community at scale. This paper highlights key issues that arose in presentations and group discussions during the conference, which, can lead to substantial improvements in the provision of a multi-sector approach to hindering sustainable water and sanitation services for all.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO SANITATIONACCESS TO WATERADEQUATE SANITATIONAGINGBASIC SANITATIONBEHAVIOR CHANGEBEHAVIORAL CHANGECAPACITY BUILDINGCHOLERACHOLERA EPIDEMICCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECOMMUNICATION CHANNELSCOMMUNITY LEADERSCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIARRHEADIETDISABILITYDISINFECTIONDISSEMINATIONDISTRIBUTION OF WATERDRINKING WATEREARTHQUAKEECONOMIC GROWTHEFFECTIVE WATEREMERGENCIESENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONFAMILIESFOOD HYGIENEHAND WASHINGHANDS WITH SOAPHANDWASHINGHEALTH CAREHEALTH IMPACTHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH PROMOTERSHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH WORKERSHOLISTIC APPROACHHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLDSHYGIENEHYGIENE BEHAVIORHYGIENE BEHAVIORSHYGIENE PRACTICEHYGIENE PRACTICESHYGIENE PROMOTIONIMMUNIZATIONSIMPACT ON CHILDRENINDIVIDUAL CHOICESINFECTIOUS DISEASESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATIONINTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONINTERVENTIONINTESTINAL PARASITESLEGAL STATUSLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL CAPACITY BUILDINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTSMASS MEDIAMIGRATIONMORBIDITYMORTALITYMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL PRIORITIESNATIONAL STRATEGYNUTRITIONPATIENTSPERSONAL HYGIENEPOLICY MAKERSPOTABLE WATERPRACTITIONERSPRESS RELEASEPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE COMPANIESPROGRESSPROMOTION OF HYGIENEPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYPURIFICATIONQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY WATERREDUCTION OF MORBIDITYREFERRAL SERVICESRISK OF INFECTIONRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL POPULATIONSAFE HYGIENESAFE HYGIENE PRACTICESSAFE WATERSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION IMPROVEMENTSANITATION INVESTMENTSSANITATION POLICYSANITATION PROGRAMSANITATION SECTORSANITATION SERVICESSANITATION STRATEGYSOAPSOCIAL INEQUALITIESSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL MARKETINGSOCIAL MOBILIZATIONSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL SPHERESOCIAL STATUSSOCIAL SYSTEMSSOLID WASTESOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSTORAGE CONTAINERSSUSTAINABLE ACCESSSUSTAINABLE WATERTECHNICAL CAPACITYVILLAGE WATERWASHING HANDSWATER QUALITYWATER SERVICEWATER SOURCESWATER SUPPLYWATER SYSTEMWATER SYSTEMSWORKERS10.1596/17749