Baseline Assessment of knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Population in a Rural Community in Bangladesh about Dog Bite and Treatment Seeking Behaviour

Rashid, R.; Sayeed, Abdullah Abu; Bashar, A.; Rahman, Mustafizur; Faiz, Mohammad Abul

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1286

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“…Our results are similar to those found in a study carried out in the highland area of Vietnam [5]. Studies in India [6], Sri Lanka [7], and Bangladesh [8] showed similar high percentages of rabies awareness.…”

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confidence: 91%

Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Rabies Prevention in North Vietnam

Phuong

Dung

Tho

et al. 2011

Int Q Community Health Educ

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In recent years, despite the accessibility to vaccines (both for humans and animals), rabies remains a problem in many areas of Vietnam. While the number of rabies deaths decreased by 90% from 1994 to 2003, the number of rabies deaths increased from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, the number of rabies victims was 2-3 times higher than in 2003 and 131 people died as a result of rabies. In order to better understand Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) toward rabies in areas of both high and low incidence of rabies mortality in Vietnam, and KAP between pet and non-pet owners, a cross-sectional study was carried out by administering a structured questionnaire to 585 respondents from selected households in Thanh Son District-Phu Tho Province and Viet Yen District-Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. KAP in both high and low incidence areas, especially in groups with pets, need to be improved, particularly regarding treatment practices after a dog-bite and recommended pet care. We recommend not only enhanced IEC activities, but also the development of a Behavior Change Communication Strategy (BCC).

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Rabies Prevention in North Vietnam

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Dung

Tho

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“…It was also identified that eight (28.6%) of rabies exposed humans received treatment from traditional healers in the past 12 months. This is much better than the finding (90%) reported from rural Bangladesh [ 18 ]. The difference may be due to the fact that the study in Bangladesh was carried out 9 years back as compared to the current one.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Twenty eight (3.5%) respondents reported that their family members were bitten by suspected rabid dogs in the past 12 months; which is lower than the finding in Tanzania (8%) [ 17 ], and in rural Bangladesh (7.3%) [ 18 ]. The difference could be explained by the fact that the current study collected data on 12 months experience of bite from suspected rabid dog while the other studies collected data on a lifetime experience of suspected rabid dog bite.…”

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Community Health Seeking Behavior for Suspected Human and Animal Rabies Cases, Gomma District, Southwest Ethiopia

hiwot

Sime

et al. 2016

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundTimely presentation to appropriate health service provider of sick animals/humans from zoonotic diseases like rabies is important for early case/outbreak detection and management. However, data on community’s health seeking practice for rabies in Ethiopia is limited. Therefore the objective of this study was to determine community’s health seeking behavior on rabies, Southwest Ethiopia.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted from January 16-February 14, 2015 to collect data from 808 respondents where the respondents were selected using multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using interviewer administered structured questionnaire by trained epidemiology graduate level students. Data were entered to Epidata version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 20 for windows.ResultEight hundred three (99.4%) respondents participated in the study. Out of 28 respondents who reported their family members’ exposure to rabies, 8 of them replied that the exposed family members sought treatment from traditional healers. More than nine in ten respondents perceived that humans and domestic animals with rabies exposure should seek help of which 85% of them suggested modern health care facilities as the preferred management option for the sick humans and domestic animals. However, among those who reported sick domestic animals, near to 72% of them had either slaughtered for human consumption, sold immediately, visited traditional healer, given home care or did nothing for the sick domestic animals.ConclusionMajority of the respondents had favorable perception of seeking treatment from modern health care facilities for rabies. However, significant number of them had managed inappropriately for the sick domestic animals from rabies. Hence, raising awareness of the community about management of sick domestic animals from rabies and the need for reporting to both human and animal health service providers is needed.

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“…Very little has been published on community-based calculations of dog bite incidence. Some of them are retrospective studies, and may lead to an important memory bias [39,40].…”

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confidence: 99%

A prospective study on the incidence of dog bites and management in a rural Cambodian, rabies-endemic setting

Ponsich

Goutard

Sorn³

et al. 2016

Acta Tropica

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Rabies circulates intensely in Cambodia, mainly affecting rural populations. We conducted a prospective study to estimate the baseline incidence of potentially infective dog bites in rural villages of Siem Reap province, Cambodia. The study was conducted in a convenience sample of 844 families totaling 1779 persons in four villages. The study collected data in a total of 802.3 person-years. Trained village health workers (VHW) exhaustively documented consecutive dog bites at the end of each month. Between May 15th and November 15th, 2011, a total of 40 attacks (43 bites; 1.07 bites per attack) were notified by 39 persons (50% female; one suffered two distinct incidents) to VHW. The all-age attack rate for bites over this 6-month period was 2.3% (CI95%: 1.7-3.1%), with a global incidence rate estimated at 4.84 bites/100 person-years (CI95%: 3.5-6.6). The mean age in bite victims was 20.8±18.9years (median 12.5; interquartile range 6-36; range 1-63). The dog was identified in 39 (97.5%) of cases, being the household dog in 9 (22.5%) of cases. Bites were classified as severe (WHO Category III-broken skin with bleeding) in 33 (82.5%) of cases with a severe dog bites incidence estimated at 4/100 person-years (CI95%: 2.8-5.6). The bites involved the hand or face in 1 (2.5%) case each (both Category III). In 20 incidents (50%), only rice was applied to the wounds. There were no suspected or confirmed human rabies deaths during the study period but one dog died after biting (2 others were lost to follow-up and 14 were put down by their owner). Our study documented an extremely high incidence of dog bites in of rural Cambodian adults and children. Adapted control policies for canine vaccination are urgently needed.

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Baseline Assessment of knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Population in a Rural Community in Bangladesh about Dog Bite and Treatment Seeking Behaviour

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Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Rabies Prevention in North Vietnam

Community Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward Rabies Prevention in North Vietnam

Community Health Seeking Behavior for Suspected Human and Animal Rabies Cases, Gomma District, Southwest Ethiopia

A prospective study on the incidence of dog bites and management in a rural Cambodian, rabies-endemic setting

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