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0250/2015 - Knowledge of triatomines and Chagas disease in localities with different levels of vector infestation
Conhecimentos sobre triatomíneos e sobre a doença de Chagas em localidades com diferentes níveis de infestação vetorial

Author:

• João Victor Leite Dias - Dias, João Victor Leite - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias - <jvigento@yahoo.com.br>

Co-author(s):

• Dimas Mota Queiroz - Queiroz, Dimas Mota - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde, Sociedade e Ambiente - <dimasrmq@msn.com>
• Liléia Gonçalves Diotaiuti - Diotaiuti, Liléia Gonçalves - Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou / FIOCRUZ, Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas - <diotaiut@cpqrr.fiocruz.br>
• Herton Helder Rocha Pires - Pires, Herton Helder Rocha - Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde, Sociedade e Ambiente - <herton.pires@ufvjm.edu.br>

Thematic Area:

Informação e Comunicação em Saúde

Abstract:

Community participation represents the main strategy to maintain entomological surveillance of Chagas disease. This study aims to evaluate knowledge of triatomines and Chagas disease among residents from eight localities in the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, observing possible association between knowledge and vector infestation. In order to evaluate knowledge a questionnaire comprising multiple choices and open-ended questions was applied to 583 people being ten years old or more. To evaluate capability in recognizing triatomines, a showcase with insects was used. Response to multiple choice questions was evaluated according to frequency and association with triatomine infestation. Responses to open-ended questions were organized in themes and analyzed descriptively. It was observed that, although triatomine recognition ability was not significantly related to infestation levels of localities, people from most commonly infested areas were more informed about health services and the need to send the insects to them. No association was observed between triatomine infestation and specific knowledge about Chagas disease. These results may orient activities of health education involving community participation in triatomines notification.

Keywords:

KnowledgeChagas diseaseVector control

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Dias, João Victor Leite, Queiroz, Dimas Mota, Diotaiuti, Liléia Gonçalves, Pires, Herton Helder Rocha. Knowledge of triatomines and Chagas disease in localities with different levels of vector infestation. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Sep). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/knowledge-of-triatomines-and-chagas-disease-in-localities-with-different-levels-of-vector-infestation/15323?id=15323



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