Initial Assessment of the Acceptability of a Push-Pull Aedes aegypti Control Strategy in Iquitos, Peru and Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Initial Assessment of the Acceptability of a Push-Pull Aedes aegypti Control Strategy in Iquitos, Peru and Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0615
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Achee, Nicole L.
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作者：
Paz-Soldan, Valerie A.;Plasai, Valaikanya;Achee, Nicole L.
作为一个更大的研究计划的一部分，评估化学阈值水平的推拉干预，以减少人病媒（埃及伊蚊）接触，本定性研究探讨了当地的观念和策略与登革热流行的社区内的蚊子控制在秘鲁和泰国。焦点小组被用来提供初步的信息，将确定可能的公众接受问题的推拉战略在每个网站。在2008年9月至2009年3月期间进行的9次焦点小组讨论（共102人）研究了几个主题：1）当前的蚊子控制措施; 2）对空间排斥性和接触刺激性与杀死蚊子的看法;以及3）对蚊子寻找宿主陷阱的初步看法。结果表明，参与者使用家庭级的昆虫控制策略，揭示熟悉的概念，空间驱避剂和接触刺激作用的化学品和放置陷阱在peridomestic环境中，以消除击退蚊子是可以接受的。初步证据表明，推拉策略应该很好地接受在这些地方，这些结果将有利于发展未来的大规模推拉干预措施，目前正在用于指导杀虫剂的应用策略（昆虫学）的概念验证研究，使用实验小屋。
As part of a larger research program evaluating chemical threshold levels for a Push-Pull intervention to reduce man-vector (Aedes aegypti) contact, this qualitative study explored local perceptions and strategies associated with mosquito control within dengue-endemic communities in Peru and Thailand. Focus groups were used to provide preliminary information that would identify possible public acceptance issues to the Push-Pull strategy in each site. Nine focus group discussions (total of 102 individuals) conducted between September 2008 and March 2009 examined several themes: 1) current mosquito control practices; 2) perceptions of spatial repellency and contact irritancy versus killing mosquitoes; and 3) initial perceptions toward mosquito host-seeking traps. Results indicate participants use household-level strategies for insect control that reveal familiarity with the concept of spatial repellent and contact irritant actions of chemicals and that placing traps in the peridomestic environment to remove repelled mosquitoes was acceptable. Preliminary evidence suggests a Push-Pull strategy should be well accepted in these locations These results will be beneficial for developing future large scale push-pull interventions and are currently being used to guide insecticide application strategies in (entomological) proof-of-concept studies using experimental huts.