BackgroundLeptospirosis is a global and re-emerging zoonotic disease caused by Leptospira spirochetes that are shed into the environment by infected animals. Humans can get infected via contact with animal hosts or contaminated environment. In Argentina, the highest annual incidences were reported in the province of Santa Fe, where epidemic outbreaks occurred during flooding events. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding leptospirosis among residents of riverside slum settlements from Santa Fe after a major flood.Methods and findingsA cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to 113 residents of 3 riverside settlements from Santa Fe. The influence of knowledge and attitudes regarding leptospirosis on the likelihood that an individual will use preventive practices were evaluated using linear mixed-effects models. The majority of respondents (83.2%) had previously heard about leptospirosis; however specific knowledge about leptospirosis was limited. The results of the modeling efforts, show that the likelihood of using preventive practices was associated with having greater knowledge score, but not with more positive attitudes. We also found that females were more likely to use safer practices than males.ConclusionsEven though the majority of respondents had heard about leptospirosis, a high percentage of them had limited knowledge regarding the severity of the disease and its prevalence in the region. Our results suggest that public health interventions in these riverside communities should focus on educating the public on the multiple dimensions of leptospirosis in order to attain greater adherence to preventive practices instead of intending to change the perceptions or attitudes towards the disease, which did not have a significant influence. The key challenge lies in identifying effective strategies to reach the high risk group for leptospirosis here that is male fishermen, who spend most of the time in precarious campsites on the river islands.
RESUMENSe abordó la influencia de la asignatura Extensión Rural y por ende el valor de las asignaturas sociales, dentro de la formación del ingeniero agrónomo de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias-Universidad Nacional del Litoral (FCA-UNL) en el marco del plan de estudio vigente. La indagación se realizó a través de encuestas sobre todas las cohortes que se encontraban en la base de datos que dispone el Centro de Graduados. En los orígenes de la FCA el perfil profesional estuvo orientado hacia la importancia del componente social en la actividad agropecuaria. Con el correr del tiempo esta orientación obtuvo su formalización en el perfil profesional actual, en base a la creación de la cátedra de Extensión Rural y un eje del área social que recorre el curriculum desde el inicio hasta el final de la carrera.Palabras claves: Egresados (UNL-FCA), Extensión Rural y Perfil profesional. SUMMARY Influence of the Rural Extensión chair and social subjects, the professional profile of the gradúate of the FCA-UNLThe influence of the subject Extensión Rural and therefore it was discussed the valué of social subjects, vvithin the formation of the agronomist of the Facultad Ciencias Agrarias-Universidad Nacional of Litoral (FCA-UNL) in the framework of the existing curriculum. The inquiry was conducted through surveys on all cohorts encountered in the data base which provides Gradúate Center. In the origins of the FCA professional profile was oriented towards the importance of the social componen! in the farming activity. With the passage of time Ihis guidance was its formalization in current professional profile, based on the creation of the Chair of Rural outreach and an axis of the social área that runs along the curriculum since the beginning until the end of the Race.
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