Epidemiological features of cutaneous leishmaniasis in diagnosed patients from an endemic area (central Morocco)

Amahmid, Omar; Guamri, Youssef El; Zenjari, Khalid; Bouhout, Souad; Moh, Mohamed Ait; Boraam, Fatima; Melloul, Abdelaziz Ait; Benfaida, Hilal; Bouhoum, Khadija; Belghytı, Driss

doi:10.1007/s12639-021-01357-2

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“…Young groups and 10 to 15-year-old students are the most vulnerable groups to CL in the endemic areas. [ 26 ] In a study in Morocco, the children's face lesions were more than adults’ [ 27 ].…”

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Application of BASNEF model in students training regarding cutaneous leishmaniasis prevention behaviors: a school-based quasi experimental study

2021

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Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in 98 countries, and 350 million people are at risk of the disease worldwide. In endemic areas, conducting educational interventions is necessary to change preventive behaviors of CL. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an educational intervention based on the BASNEF model on CL preventive behavior in students. Methods The present quasi-experimental study examined 80 students living in endemic areas of leishmaniasis in Isfahan province, Iran based on the BASNEF model. The required data were collected twice before and two months after the educational intervention based on a questionnaire whose validity and reliability had been already proven in other studies. The intervention was performed in three educational sessions for the students in the intervention group and 1 educational session for teachers and parents. Data were analyzed by SPSS (VER26) using the chi-square test, independent t-test, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and Paired t-test. Results After intervention, the mean scores of Knowledge (P < 0.001), attitude (P = 0.02), subjective norms (P = 0.04), behavioral intention (P < 0.001), and behavior (P = 0.02) indicated significant differences between the intervention and control groups, but an increase in mean scores of enabling factors was not significant (P = 0. 93). Conclusions Providing students with the educational intervention based on the BASNEF model improve their ability to the extent that they transmit these educations to their family members, which would be effective in preventing and controlling CL in leishmaniasis-prone areas. Trial registration Name: Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials. Registration number: IRCT20201024049131N1. Registration date: 2020–11-20. Registration timing: prospective.

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