Community perceptions and practices in malaria and development of an educational intervention conducted in an endemic area of Colombia
ABSTRACT: Malaria prevention and control programs have primarily targeted the Anopheles mosquito vector, but this disease encompasses biological components and social aspects thus, the design of prevention and control strategies should consider community beliefs and practices 1 2 Therefore, the aim...
- Autores:
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Muñoz Laiton, Leidy Paola
Hernández Valencia, Juan Camilo
Correa Ochoa, Margarita María
- Tipo de recurso:
- http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6670
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2022
- Institución:
- Universidad de Antioquia
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio UdeA
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/32430
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10495/32430
- Palabra clave:
- Malaria
Malaria - prevención y control
Malaria - prevention and control
Anopheles
Mosquitos Vectores
Mosquito Vectors
Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Enfermedades Endémicas
Endemic Diseases
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: Malaria prevention and control programs have primarily targeted the Anopheles mosquito vector, but this disease encompasses biological components and social aspects thus, the design of prevention and control strategies should consider community beliefs and practices 1 2 Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices ( towards malaria in a community of a Colombian endemic area The information identified through the KAPs survey contributed to the design of education strategies for malaria prevention and control they have previously shown to enforce community adherence to achieve sustainable control. |
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