Conocimientos, actitudes, percepciones y prácticas comunitarias sobre la malaria urbana. Tumaco, Colombia

Molineros-Gallón, Luis Fernando; Hernández-Carrillo, Mauricio; Espinosa, Jobany Castro; Cisneros, Elizabeth Trujillo de

doi:10.15446/rsap.v20n1.53158

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“…The results of KAP surveys help create culturally-competent interventions that are specific to the affected community [8]. Recently, in Latin America, KAP surveys have been used to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices and inform interventions for Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya, and Malaria [9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Sociocultural determinants of adoption of preventive practices for hantavirus: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey in Tonosí, Panama

Harris

Armién

2020

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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Introduction Hantaviruses are a group of single-stranded RNA viruses carried by small rodent reservoirs, transmitted to humans through inhalation of aerosolized particles of rodent feces, urine, or saliva. In Panama, the Choclo orthohantavirus has been associated with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (n = 54) and Hantavirus Fever (n = 53). In 2018, there were 107 cases of hantavirus diseases, the majority in the Tonosí district, and 4 deaths. As there is no vaccine or treatment for hantavirus, proper prevention measures by community members is key to stopping outbreaks. Methodology and principal findings We investigated hantavirus knowledge, attitudes, and practices in one corregimiento of Tonosí, Panama to determine what factors influence uptake of prevention practices and high level of knowledge. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 124 residents covering hantavirus knowledge, attitudes based in the Health Belief Model (perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived obstacles, perceived benefits, and cues to action) and prevention practices. There was an overall high level of knowledge (median score: 4/6), though 20% did not know the route of transmission. The mean number of reported practices performed per person was 8.4 (range: 4-12). Most people had heard of hantavirus through other community members. In linear regression, lower perceived obstacles predicted higher preventive practice score. Reported obstacles to preventive practices included physical restrictions, such as age and health state. In ordinal logistic regression, higher education level and knowing more people who had previously been sick with hantavirus contributed to higher knowledge score. Conclusions Future interventions should focus on removing barriers to performing preventive practices. As most people learned of hantavirus through community members, interventions should be PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

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Sociocultural determinants of adoption of preventive practices for hantavirus: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey in Tonosí, Panama

Harris

Armién

2020

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“…(OMS, 2018) Según esto, contrario a lo que se esperaría, en este estudio se determinó que quienes tienen más de 15 años viviendo en Corozal, tienen más probabilidad de presentar malaria en la vivienda, lo que presume que en esta área no hay efecto de inmunidad y que el mayor tiempo viviendo en esta zona endémica aumenta el riesgo por el mayor tiempo de exposición. En el tercer modelo de regresión logística, que también es un modelo aceptable, se encontró la presencia de malaria asociado con el hecho de que vivan en la casa más de 5 personas, lo cual concuerda con un estudio realizado en Tumaco (Molineros et al, 2018). De esta manera, el número elevado de personas en casa puede considerarse como un factor de hacinamiento, que incrementa la probabilidad de ocurrencia de la enfermedad.…”

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“…La población fueron los habitantes de Corozal que es una localidad ubicada en la parte baja cerca al mar, en la cabecera municipal de Timbiquí en el Departamento del Cauca. Se empleó como instrumento una encuesta validada (Molineros et al, 2018), conformada por preguntas relacionadas con haber tenido malaria, preguntas sociodemográficas, de características de la vivienda, de conocimiento y de actitudes hacia la malaria. Además de este se empleó otro instrumento con preguntas relacionadas con el uso de plantas medicinales para el tratamiento de la enfermedad.…”

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“…Hay aspectos relacionados con el conocimiento de la causa, de los signos y los síntomas de la malaria, los métodos de prevención en casa (Oladepo et al, 2010), así como también aspectos tales como la cantidad de personas en la vivienda, el desconocimiento del mosquito que transmite la enfermedad, la formulación de medicamentos, la realización de exámenes para su diagnóstico, las visitas de unidades de control de vectores, la limpieza de zanjas alrededor de la casa, actividades de prevención y control comunitario, que se han tenido en cuenta para el control de la malaria (Molineros et al, 2018).…”

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Factores asociados a casos de malaria y plantas medicinales empleadas para su tratamiento en habitantes de Corozal, Colombia

Espinosa

Angulo²,

Molineros-Gallón³

et al. 2022

BMSA

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Introducción: La malaria es una de las enfermedades infecciosas más importantes y para tratarla además de medicamentos, la población emplea plantas medicinales. El objetivo fue establecer los factores asociados a malaria y las plantas empleadas para su tratamiento en habitantes de Corozal. Método: Se aplicó una encuesta con preguntas sociodemográficas, de la vivienda, de conocimiento y de actitudes y las plantas medicinales empleadas para tratarla. Resultados: El 48% emplean plantas medicinales solas o con medicamentos, siendo el Gliricidia sepium (matarratón) y el Acmella oppositifolia (yuyo) las plantas más empleadas. En el 48% de las casas ha habido malaria. Por regresión logística se estableció que la malaria se asoció con conocer cómo se adquiere, consultar al médico tradicional y tener más de 15 años en Corozal. Conclusiones: Las plantas que la población de este estudio reportan no muestran evidencia científica como antimalaricos. Es importante una mayor presencia de las autoridades de salud y su trabajo conjunto con el médico tradicional para lograr estrategias más efectivas.

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“…No data are available regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of local population living outside the gold mining camps [ 9 ] except practices regarding the use of plants as traditional remedies [ 10 ]. In the Amazonian context, some studies have investigated these aspects [ 11 – 15 ] however, results are generally specific of an area and population.…”

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Determination of different social groups’ level of knowledge about malaria in a multicultural Amazonian cross-border context

Gaillet,

Musset,

Cropet

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background A steady decline in the number of cases of malaria was observed in the 2000s in French Guiana. This enabled regional health policies to shift their public health goal from control to elimination. To include inhabitants in this strategy, the main objective of this study was to describe knowledge about malaria, and related attitudes and practices in persons living in the French Guiana border. Methods We conducted a survey in people over 15 years old living in the twelve neighbourhoods of Saint-Georges de l’Oyapock with the highest malaria incidence. It comprised a 147-item questionnaire which collected data on socio-demographic characteristics and included a Knowledge Attitude and Practices survey on malaria. Knowledge-related data were studied using exploratory statistical methods to derive summary variables. A binary variable assessing level of knowledge was proposed and then assessed using exploratory approaches. Results The mean age of the 844 participants was 37.2 years [15.8], the male/female sex ratio was 0.8. In terms of nationality, 485 (57.5%) participants were Brazilian and 352 (41.7%) French. One third (305, 36.1%) spoke Brazilian Portuguese as their native language, 295 (34.9%) the Amerindian language Palikur, 36 (4.3%) French. The symptoms of malaria and prevention means were poorly known by 213 (25.2%) and 378 (44.8%) respondents, respectively. A quarter (206, 24.4%) did not know that malaria can be fatal. Overall, 251 people (29.7%) had an overall poor level of knowledge about malaria. Being under 25 years old, living in a native Amerindian neighbourhood, having an Amerindian mother tongue language, having risk behaviours related to gold mining were significantly associated with a poor level of knowledge. Conclusions This study is the first to describe the poor level of knowledge about malaria in populations living in the malaria endemic border area along the Oyapock river in French Guiana. Results will allow to reinforce, to diversify and to culturally adapt prevention messages and health promotion to increase their effectiveness with a view to quickly reaching the goal of malaria elimination through empowerment.

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Conocimientos, actitudes, percepciones y prácticas comunitarias sobre la malaria urbana. Tumaco, Colombia

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References 9 publications

Sociocultural determinants of adoption of preventive practices for hantavirus: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey in Tonosí, Panama

Sociocultural determinants of adoption of preventive practices for hantavirus: A knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey in Tonosí, Panama

Factores asociados a casos de malaria y plantas medicinales empleadas para su tratamiento en habitantes de Corozal, Colombia

Determination of different social groups’ level of knowledge about malaria in a multicultural Amazonian cross-border context

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