1. Knowledge and practices related to dengue and its vector: a community-based study from Southeast Brazil
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Afonso Dinis Costa Passos, Ariadne Fernanda Tesarin Mendes Carneiro, Amaury Lelis Dal Fabbro, Adorama Candido Alves, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, and Tatiane Martins Jorge
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Adult ,Male ,Microbiology (medical) ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine ,Urban Population ,lcsh:RC955-962 ,media_common.quotation_subject ,030231 tropical medicine ,Population ,Disease ,Community based study ,EDUCAÇÃO EM SAÚDE ,Dengue fever ,Dengue ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Promotion (rank) ,Aedes ,Environmental health ,Animals ,Humans ,Medicine ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,media_common ,education.field_of_study ,Dengue vector ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Insect Vectors ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Infectious Diseases ,Knowledge ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Attitude ,Vector (epidemiology) ,Female ,Parasitology ,Health education ,business ,Brazil - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study investigated the knowledge of users of primary healthcare services living in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, about dengue and its vector. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 605 people was conducted following a major dengue outbreak in 2013. RESULTS: Participants with higher levels of education were more likely to identify correctly the vector of the disease. CONCLUSIONS: The results emphasize the relevance of health education programs, the continuous promotion of educational campaigns in the media, the role of the television as a source of information, and the importance of motivating the population to control the vector.
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- 2016