Michael Z Levy
Biographic Data
| ID | 6174966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Z Levy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Levy |
| SIGNATURE | LEVY M Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4661-3764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enhancing mass vaccination programs with queueing theory and spatial optimization
Background: , which discourages individuals from waiting to be vaccinated and may thus jeopardize the achievement of public health targets. Queueing theory offers a framework for modeling queue formation at vaccination sites and its effect on vaccine uptake. Methods: We developed an algorithm that integrates queueing theory within a spatial optimization framework to optimize the placement of mass vaccination sites. The algorithm was built and tes…
Incentivizing optimal risk map use for Triatoma infestans surveillance in urban environments
In Arequipa, Peru, a large-scale vector control campaign has successfully reduced urban infestations of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans . In addition to preventing new infections with Trypanosoma cruzi (etiological agent of Chagas disease), the campaign produced a wealth of information about the distribution and density of vector infestations. We used these data to create vector infestation risk maps for the city in order to target …
Do Incentives Crowd Out Motivation? A Feasibility Study of a Community Vector-Control Campaign in Peru
Incentives are a useful tool in encouraging healthy behavior as part of public health initiatives. However, there remains concern about motivation crowd out-a decline in levels of motivation to undertake a behavior to below baseline levels after incentives have been removed-and few public health studies have assessed for motivation crowd out. Here, we assess the feasibility of identifying motivation crowd out following a lottery to promote partic…
A behavioral design approach to improving a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru
Careful attention to how behavioral design may affect internal and external validity of evaluations and the scalability of interventions is needed going forward. We recommend behavioral design as a useful complement to other intervention design and evaluation approaches in global health programs
To spray or not to spray? Understanding participation in an indoor residual spray campaign in Arequipa, Peru
Current low participation rates in vector control programmes in Arequipa, Peru complicate the control of Chagas disease. Using focus groups (n = 17 participants) and semi-structured interviews (n = 71) conducted in March and May 2013, respectively, we examined barriers to and motivators of household participation in an indoor residual spray (IRS) campaign that had taken place one year prior in Arequipa. The most common reported barriers to partic…
Efecto del sacrificio de perros vagabundos en el control de la rabia canina
21 articles were eligible for full reading. 20 of 21 articles conclude that free-roaming dog culling is ineffective in reducing the transmission of RV and may even have unintended consequences that worsen the problem. We believe that the available evidence indicates that the sacrifice of free-roaming dogs is not effective to control urban rabies. In addition, the various negative consequences of free-roaming dog culling reported in other parts of…
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru
OBJECTIVES: High rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation as a cue to action, in a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru. METHODS: We evaluated clustering of participation among neighbours; estimated participation as a function of household infestation status, neighbourho…
A Multi-disciplinary Overview of Chagas in Periurban Peru
There are between 8 and 11 million cases of America Human Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease, in Latin America. Chagas is endemic in southern Peru, especially the Arequipa region, where it has expanded from poor, rural areas to periurban communities. This paper summarizes the findings of four studies in periurban Arequipa: on determinants of disease-vector infestation; on prevalence, spatial patterns, and risk factors of Chagas; on…
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru
OBJECTIVES: High rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation as a cue to action, in a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru. METHODS: We evaluated clustering of participation among neighbours; estimated participation as a function of household infestation status, neighbourho…
A Multi-disciplinary Overview of Chagas in Periurban Peru
There are between 8 and 11 million cases of America Human Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease, in Latin America. Chagas is endemic in southern Peru, especially the Arequipa region, where it has expanded from poor, rural areas to periurban communities. This paper summarizes the findings of four studies in periurban Arequipa: on determinants of disease-vector infestation; on prevalence, spatial patterns, and risk factors of Chagas; on…
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru
OBJECTIVES: High rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation as a cue to action, in a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru. METHODS: We evaluated clustering of participation among neighbours; estimated participation as a function of household infestation status, neighbourho…
To spray or not to spray? Understanding participation in an indoor residual spray campaign in Arequipa, Peru
Current low participation rates in vector control programmes in Arequipa, Peru complicate the control of Chagas disease. Using focus groups (n = 17 participants) and semi-structured interviews (n = 71) conducted in March and May 2013, respectively, we examined barriers to and motivators of household participation in an indoor residual spray (IRS) campaign that had taken place one year prior in Arequipa. The most common reported barriers to partic…
Efecto del sacrificio de perros vagabundos en el control de la rabia canina
21 articles were eligible for full reading. 20 of 21 articles conclude that free-roaming dog culling is ineffective in reducing the transmission of RV and may even have unintended consequences that worsen the problem. We believe that the available evidence indicates that the sacrifice of free-roaming dogs is not effective to control urban rabies. In addition, the various negative consequences of free-roaming dog culling reported in other parts of…
A behavioral design approach to improving a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru
Careful attention to how behavioral design may affect internal and external validity of evaluations and the scalability of interventions is needed going forward. We recommend behavioral design as a useful complement to other intervention design and evaluation approaches in global health programs
Do Incentives Crowd Out Motivation? A Feasibility Study of a Community Vector-Control Campaign in Peru
Incentives are a useful tool in encouraging healthy behavior as part of public health initiatives. However, there remains concern about motivation crowd out-a decline in levels of motivation to undertake a behavior to below baseline levels after incentives have been removed-and few public health studies have assessed for motivation crowd out. Here, we assess the feasibility of identifying motivation crowd out following a lottery to promote partic…
Incentivizing optimal risk map use for Triatoma infestans surveillance in urban environments
In Arequipa, Peru, a large-scale vector control campaign has successfully reduced urban infestations of the Chagas disease vector, Triatoma infestans . In addition to preventing new infections with Trypanosoma cruzi (etiological agent of Chagas disease), the campaign produced a wealth of information about the distribution and density of vector infestations. We used these data to create vector infestation risk maps for the city in order to target …
Enhancing mass vaccination programs with queueing theory and spatial optimization
Background: , which discourages individuals from waiting to be vaccinated and may thus jeopardize the achievement of public health targets. Queueing theory offers a framework for modeling queue formation at vaccination sites and its effect on vaccine uptake. Methods: We developed an algorithm that integrates queueing theory within a spatial optimization framework to optimize the placement of mass vaccination sites. The algorithm was built and tes…
Medicine (7 works) · Trypanosoma species research and implications (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (3 works) · Mosquito-borne diseases and control (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)