A model for defining West Nile virus risk perception based on ecology and proximity
A model for defining West Nile virus risk perception based on ecology and proximity
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DOI：
10.1007/s10393-005-0001-9
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Hayden, Mary H.
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作者：
Zielinski-Gutierrez, Emily C.;Hayden, Mary H.
西尼罗河病毒（WNV）作为一种新兴的传染病，自1999年以来在北美从海岸到海岸传播，产生了相当大的影响。该疾病在北美表现出很大的空间变异性，因此采用生态系统方法来了解当地人类和病媒生态对预防和控制至关重要。这项研究强调了采用个人预防和社区参与方法的重要性，以创建适应当地生态的信息，旨在降低人类感染这种蚊媒病毒的风险。随着病毒传播到新的地区，对蚊子的基本态度和当地对环境/生态的看法可能会影响控制和预防措施的成功。这项工作提出的结果，从焦点小组讨论进行了两个科罗拉多县在2003年，一年的显着西尼罗河病毒活动在该州。讨论的问题包括居民的风险评估，以及这种看法如何因年龄组和地点，使用或不使用驱虫剂，以及社区对不同生态和蚊媒疾病历史地区的蚊虫控制的态度而变化。讨论了需要处理个人预防的各个组成部分，针对特定的受众进行预防，并通过地方渠道传播预防信息。作者建议在理解风险认知和解决具有突出生态成分的新出现疾病时包括生态和疾病邻近性方面。
West Nile virus (WNV) has made considerable impact as an emerging infectious disease, spreading from coast to coast across North America since 1999. The disease has exhibited great spatial variability in North America, making an ecosystems approach to understanding the local human and vector ecology critical to prevention and control. This study underscores the importance of employing both personal prevention and community participatory approaches to create messages that have been adapted to the local ecology and are designed to reduce the risk of human infection with this mosquito-borne virus. As the virus spreads into new areas, underlying attitudes toward mosquitoes and the local perception of environment/ecology can affect the success of control and prevention measures. This work presents results from focus group discussions conducted in two Colorado counties in 2003, a year of significant WNV activity in the state. Issues addressed include residents' assessment of risk and how this perception varied by age group and location, use or nonuse of repellents, and community attitudes toward mosquito control in areas with different ecologies and histories of mosquito-borne disease. The need to address individual components of personal prevention, to target prevention to specific audiences, and to disseminate prevention messages through local channels is discussed. The authors propose including aspects of ecology and disease proximity in understanding risk perception and addressing emerging diseases with a prominent ecological component.