Aspectos da atividade de "notificação de barbeiros" pela população no controle de Panstrongylus megistus em 12 municípios da região noroeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, 1974 a 1983

Abstract

É mostrada a importância atual da atividade de "notificação de barbeiros" pela população, na vigilância epidemiológica da doença de Chagas no Estado de São Paulo. São estudadas as variações ocorridas no número de notificações encaminhadas pela população no período de 1974 a 1983, relativa a uma área da Região Nordeste do referido Estado, com infestação por Panstrongylus megistus. Observou-se que a população responde aos estímulos à sua participação. Verificou-se aumento do número de notificações a partir do mês de outubro, mantendo-se similar nos meses de novembro e dezembro. Não foi encontrada relação entre os índices de infestação e o de notificação.

Community Participation in Chagas Disease Vector Surveillance: Systematic Review

“…An educational/communication component tailored to the social-cultural background of the community is obviously required to stimulate notification [4], [35], [162], [163], but our review suggests that very simple interventions can be effective enough. Perhaps the main challenge here is to sustain community awareness in the face of even rarer infestation events; continuous education, a clearly defined channel for communication between residents and control agents, and an opportune response to any notification (including those involving insects other than triatomines) are probably the key to long-term success [35], [73], [152], [159], [164]–[166].…”

“…Such an austere ‘participatory’ strategy signals the minimum degree of community involvement required to effectively enhance surveillance: residents are just asked to report suspect insects found in their homes, and a response is mounted by professional staff, often related to decentralised health services [142] , [154] , [159] , [160] , to eliminate infestation when needed [18] , [145] , [161] . An educational/communication component tailored to the social-cultural background of the community is obviously required to stimulate notification [4] , [35] , [162] , [163] , but our review suggests that very simple interventions can be effective enough. Perhaps the main challenge here is to sustain community awareness in the face of even rarer infestation events; continuous education, a clearly defined channel for communication between residents and control agents, and an opportune response to any notification (including those involving insects other than triatomines) are probably the key to long-term success [35] , [73] , [152] , [159] , [164] – [166] .…”

Entomological surveillance with community engagement at Chagas Platform Centers for comprehensive care in the mesothermal valleys of three regions of the endemic area of Triatoma infestans in Bolivia

“…According to Abad et al (6), it is suggested that stakeholder participation at all stages of the process, from planning to final evaluation, would probably improve PC-based strategies. Several authors suggest as well that a component of education and communication adapted to the socio-cultural environment of the community is obviously necessary to stimulate participation and notification (17,18,19) The average vector infestation in the five CPs reached 3.1% (852 positive dwellings of a sample of 27,643 dwellings), according to PNCH data in 2018 (unpublished PNCH information), in Bolivia the vector infestation reaches an average of 1.4%.…”

Programa de Controle da Doença de Chagas no Estado de São Paulo: aspectos soroepidemiológicos em microrregiões geográficas homogêneas

“…A Região de Campinas permaneceu objeto de estudos soroepidemiológicos em alguns de seus municípios, pela presença de P. megistus, dedicando especial atenção à microrregião Encosta Ocidental da Mantiqueira Paulista 38 . O Serviço Regional manteve inalterada a programação prevista, em detrimento de outras áreas que sofreram as pressões do controle de Aedes e respondeu por 62% das amostras colhidas no estado no período de 1984 a 1997…”