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Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II: Education
Mariangela Soberón Felín1, Kanix Wang2, Aliya Moreira3,4,5,6,7,8
1Toxoplasmosis Programs and Initiatives in Panamá, Panama City, Panama.
Purpose Of Review:
Review work to create and evaluate educational materials that could serve as a primary prevention strategy to help both providers and patients in Panama, Colombia, and the USA reduce disease burden of Toxoplasma infections.
Recent Findings:
Educational programs had not been evaluated for efficacy in Panama, USA, or Colombia.
Summary:
Educational programs for high school students, pregnant women, medical students and professionals, scientists, and lay personnel were created. In most settings, short-term effects were evaluated. In Panama, Colombia, and USA, all materials showed short-term utility in transmitting information to learners. These educational materials can serve as a component of larger public health programs to lower disease burden from congenital toxoplasmosis. Future priorities include conducting robust longitudinal studies of whether education correlates with reduced adverse disease outcomes, modifying educational materials as new information regarding region-specific risk factors is discovered, and ensuring materials are widely accessible.
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