乳制品农民对载体传播动物传染病的认识:一项试点研究
1Department of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
|May 22, 2024
概括
喀拉拉邦的奶牛农对 chikungunya 和登革热的了解很差,性别影响 chikungunya 意识. 进一步的研究和增加农民教育对于管理这些媒介传播的动物性传染病至关重要.
科学领域:
- 兽医公共卫生 兽医公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 关节动物传播疾病 关节动物传播疾病
背景情况:
- 媒介传播的动物性传染病对奶牛养殖社区构成重大风险.
- 登革热和 chikungunya 发烧是蚊子传播的流行疾病,可能会对牲畜处理者产生影响.
- 了解农民意识是预防疾病战略的关键.
研究的目的:
- 评估奶牛养殖者关于登革热和 chikungunya 的知识,态度和做法 (KAP).
- 研究人口统计学变量 (性别,教育) 与对这些疾病的认识之间的关系.
- 识别针对性卫生干预措施的理解差距.
主要方法:
- 一个定量,跨部门的试点研究.
- 在Kerala的Wayanad地区对42名奶牛农进行了调查.
- 使用了一个结构化的KAP问卷.
主要成果:
- 农民表现出对 chikungunya 热病的知识和态度不足.
- 关于登革热,观察到不适当的做法.
- 在性别和对 chikungunya 发烧的认识之间发现了显著的相关性.
结论:
- 迫切需要提高奶牛养殖者对载体传播动物性传染病的认识.
- 干预措施应解决登革热和奇孔古尼亚的具体知识和实践缺陷.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以在更广泛的人口和地理区域中探索这些问题.
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