Marleen Boelaert

Datos Biográficos

ID187308
NOMBREMarleen Boelaert
NOMBRESMarleen
APELLIDOBoelaert
FIRMABOELAERT M
AFILIACIONESInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
ORCID0000-0001-8051-6776
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2004
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
ÍNDICE H0

  • Perceptions and Practices of Dog Ownership and Rabies Control at a Human-Wildlife-Domestic Animal Interface in South Africa

    Thy, Darryn L Knobel et al.ARTICLEAnthrozoös2021Referencias: 39

    Rabies is efficiently controlled through mass vaccination of dogs. In an area of South Africa where free vaccination campaigns were implemented following rabies re-emergence, the required 70% vaccination coverage was challenging to reach. Understanding the factors affecting the efficiency of mass vaccination is helpful in guiding long-term rabies control efforts. This study aimed to assess the communities' knowledge and perceptions of dogs, rabie…

  • Community perception and knowledge of cystic echinococcosis in the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco

    Open AccessThy, Hamid Sahibi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    The uncontrolled stray dog population and dogs having access to offal (both at village dumps and slaughterhouses) suggest that authorities should be more closely involved in CE control. This study also highlights the need for improved knowledge about the transmission cycle of the parasite among communities and health professionals. Inter-sectoral collaboration between health staff, veterinarians, and social scientists appears to be crucial for su…

  • Sponsorship in non-commercial clinical trials

    Open AccessRaffaella Ravinetto, Katelijne De Nys et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2015

    BACKGROUND: Non-commercial clinical research plays an increasingly essential role for global health. Multiple partners join in international consortia that operate under the limited timeframe of a specific funding period. One organisation (the sponsor) designs and carries out the trial in collaboration with research partners, and is ultimately responsible for the trial's scientific, ethical, regulatory and legal aspects, while another organizatio…

  • Exploring HIV risk perception and behaviour in the context of antiretroviral treatment

    Andrew Boulle, Katherine Hilderbrand et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2008

    The objective of this cross-sectional household survey was to assess factors influencing HIV risk perception, behaviour and intervention uptake in a community characterised by high HIV prevalence and availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The survey was conducted in Khayelitsha, South Africa and involved two-stage sampling with self-weighting clusters and random selection of households within clusters. One man and woman between 14 and 49 y…

  • Barriers for introducing HIV testing among tuberculosis patients in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

    Open AccessYodi Mahendradhata, Riris Andono Ahmad et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    Introduction of HIV testing among TB patients in Indonesia should be accompanied by patient and provider education as well as providing conditions for effective communication

  • Voluntary counseling and HIV testing for pregnant women in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

    Frank Baiden, Pieter Remes et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2005

    This study reports the results of a cross-sectional questionnaire survey undertaken in the Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana to assess the perception and attitude of 270 antenatal clinic attendants towards voluntary counseling and HIV testing. It was found that although 92.6% (95% CI 88.8-95.4) of respondents indicated a willingness to get tested, only 51% (95% CI 45.0-57.2) considered HIV testing for pregnant women to be useful. Most (93.6%) ind…

  • Participación comunitaria en el control de Aedes aegypti

    Open AccessLizet Sánchez, Dennis Pérez et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2004

    The opinions on community participation identified among the population in Playa served as the basis for designing new strategies for controlling A. aegypti. The methodology utilized in this study could be used to plan local participatory processes, both in Cuba and in other countries, and could be applied to other problems whose solution requires community participation