Chagas disease prevention through improved housing using an ecosystem approach to health

Bibliographic Data

ID5270887
AuthorsAntonieta Rojas-De-Arias (Universidad Nacional de Asunción, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume17
Issuesuppl
PagesS89-S97
Publication date2001-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2001000700017
PMID11426269
OpenAlexW2126460387
SciELOS0102-311X2001000700017
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

This Chagas disease prevention project via housing improvement aims to determine the efficiencyof different interventions in vector control. The following study describes the target communities, disease magnitude, and housing improvements. Transmission levels are analysed from an ecological and socioeconomic perspective. Special interest was focused on the peridomicile as the origin of domiciliary reinfestation. In the original project, three intervention programs were proposed, one for each of the three communities: (a) an insecticide spraying program; (b) a housing improvement program; and (c) a combined program of spraying and housing improvement. The three communities currently have different risks of exposure to triatominae reinfestation as a consequence of the type of intervention carried out. A new multidisciplinary approach which integrates participatory, community-based research and socioeconomic dimensions will allow to determine the efficiency of models for territorial ordering, community education, and environmental interventions in Chagas disease control

Biology · Business · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Intervention (counseling) · Multidisciplinary approach · Population · Psychological intervention · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Triatominae · Ecology · Medicine · Nursing · Trypanosoma species research and implications

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