Community Health Nurses' Knowledge of Lyme Disease: Implications for Surveillance and Community

Capps, Patricia A; Pinger, Robert R.; Russell, Kathleen M.; Wood, Martin L.

doi:10.1207/s15327655jchn1601_1

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“…Knowledge of tick-borne disease among health professionals should also not be overlooked, as this has been shown to be low, even in endemic areas. This is true of both Lyme disease in North America (Capps et al 1999) and CCHF in Eastern Europe (Rahnavardi et al 2008). Surprisingly, 22% of Turkish health care workers fail to take any precautionary measures when in contact with CCHF patients, despite the contagious nature of the disease (Rahnavardi et al 2008).…”

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Ticking All the Boxes? A Systematic Review of Education and Communication Interventions to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease

Mowbray

Amlôt²,

Rubin

2012

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Tick-borne disease has become increasingly prevalent across Europe. Despite the effectiveness of protective behaviors, relatively few people adopt them when in areas where ticks are known to be present. In this systematic review we identified studies that assessed the impact of any educational or behavioral interventions intended to encourage the widespread use of protective behaviors against tick-borne disease. An extensive search of electronic databases returned a total of only nine such studies. Only two of these were fully randomized controlled trials, with the remaining studies using weaker designs and often relying solely on selfreports to assess behavior. The majority of research in this area has not explicitly noted the consideration of any formal psychological theory on how best to promote behaviors that protect health. Nonetheless, the results show that both knowledge of and attitudes towards tick-borne disease are amenable to change, although the stability of these changes over time has not yet been determined. Not all intervention strategies have proved effective, with some producing detrimental effects. More theory-based, methodologically-robust studies are urgently required if we are to gain a better understanding of the most effective strategies for encouraging members of the public to adopt behaviors known to protect against tick-borne disease.

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confidence: 99%

Ticking All the Boxes? A Systematic Review of Education and Communication Interventions to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease

Mowbray

Amlôt²,

Rubin

2012

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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“…Additionally, Capps et al. (1999) found that nurses are most knowledgeable about personal protection against Lyme disease and should be aware of surveillance, incidence, and prevalence of Lyme disease in their communities. Franklin et al.…”

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“…The evidence from the scoping review suggests nurses are excellent health educators on ecology, transmission, surveillance, incidence, prevalence, and clinical characteristics of vector‐borne diseases (Audain & Maher, 2017; Capps et al., 1999). Consequently, nurses’ awareness and knowledge of the pathophysiology of vector‐borne diseases is critical (Girard, 2004; Hamlen & Kilman, 2009; Healy, 2000; Laudenslager & Hartung, 2019; Network to Reduce Lyme Disease in School‐Aged Children, Washington, DC, 2010).…”

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Nurses’ perceptions of climate sensitive vector‐borne diseases: A scoping review

Vandenberg

Chircop

Sedgwick

et al. 2023

Public Health Nursing

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Objective: Nurses are well positioned to play an integral role in the mitigation of climate change and climate-driven vector-borne diseases, however, they lack awareness and knowledge about their role. The purpose of this scoping review was to map existing literature on nurses' perceptions, knowledge, attitudes, and experiences with vector-borne diseases, specifically Lyme disease and West Nile virus.Design: A scoping review was conducted using Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology. CINAHL, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Premium, MEDLINE, APA PsycINFO, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, and Web of Science were searched for English-language publications. The PRISMA-ScR was used. After initial screening as per study protocol, a total of 33 items were reviewed independently by four reviewers.Results: Thirty-three articles, including seven sources from grey literature, met the criteria for this scoping review. Results were mapped according to the five domains of the Guidelines for Undergraduate Nursing Education on Climate-Driven Vector-Borne Diseases.Conclusions: Findings from the review indicate that nurses play a role in climaterelated health effects and should be knowledgeable about vector-borne diseases.However, scant literature exists on nurses' knowledge, perceptions, attitudes toward vector-borne diseases, and practice readiness, signifying a need for further research on this emerging topic.

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Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome: the neglected disease in our own backyard

Crowder¹,

Yedlin²,

Weinstein³

et al. 2014

Public Health

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Community Health Nurses' Knowledge of Lyme Disease: Implications for Surveillance and Community

Cited by 4 publications

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Ticking All the Boxes? A Systematic Review of Education and Communication Interventions to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease

Ticking All the Boxes? A Systematic Review of Education and Communication Interventions to Prevent Tick-Borne Disease

Nurses’ perceptions of climate sensitive vector‐borne diseases: A scoping review

Lyme disease and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome: the neglected disease in our own backyard

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