A community education intervention to improve bovine trypanosomiasis knowledge and appropriate use of trypanocidal drugs on smallholder farms in Kenya
A community education intervention to improve bovine trypanosomiasis knowledge and appropriate use of trypanocidal drugs on smallholder farms in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1016/j.agsy.2006.09.004
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发表时间：
2007-05-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
Eisler, Mark C.
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作者：
Machila, Noreen;Emongor, Rosemary;Eisler, Mark C.
本文描述了旨在促进在肯尼亚西部和沿海锥虫病流行地区适当使用杀锥虫病药物的传播干预措施的开发、设计、传播和评估。在对小农目前的锥虫病知识、态度和做法进行基线研究之后，制定了一项传播干预战略，包括通过学童、乡村长老、动物保健中心和农家商店进行传播，并在海报和传单中使用分层信息。采用参与性研究方法，为肯尼亚布西亚(两个行政区划)和夸莱区(两个行政区划)采采赛和锥虫病流行区的小农户制定、设计和评估动物健康信息对控制牛锥虫病的影响。在每个区(干预区)的一个行政区划的村子里编制并向居民分发了传播干预材料(海报和传单形式)，而每个区的另一个行政区划的村民没有被故意暴露在动物健康信息(控制区)中。通过问卷调查，对干预和控制研究现场的学龄儿童和养牛小农进行传播影响评价。学龄儿童传播后的锥虫病体征知识知晓率明显高于传播前。在干预后的问卷调查中，学龄儿童对锥虫的知晓率高于干预前。接触推广材料的小农获得的锥虫病体征知识得分高于未接触的小农。同样，接触推广材料的农民比未接触材料的农民获得更高的杀锥虫病药物知识得分。这些结果表明，在监测期间，所选择的途径(即学童、乡村老人、动物保健中心和农家商店)和媒体(海报和传单)有效地促进了牲畜养殖者对锥虫病、其原因和应对方法的认识显著增加。(C)2006爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
This paper describes the development, design, dissemination and evaluation of a communication intervention designed to promote appropriate usage of trypanocidal drugs in trypanosomiasis endemic areas of western and coastal Kenya. Following a baseline study on current trypanosomiasis knowledge, attitudes and practices by smallholder farmers, a communication intervention strategy was developed involving dissemination through school children, village elders, animal health centres and Agrovet shops, and using layered messages in posters and leaflets. A participatory research approach was used to develop, design and assess the impact of animal health messages on the control of bovine trypanosomiasis for smallholder farmers in tsetse and trypanosomiasis endemic areas in Busia (two administrative divisions) and Kwale Districts (two administrative divisions) of Kenya. Communication intervention materials (in poster and leaflet formats) were developed and disseminated to residents in villages in one administrative division in each district (intervention area) while those from the other division in each district were not deliberately exposed to the animal health messages (control area). Several communication impact indicators were derived and these were measured 4-6 weeks after dissemination of the print media through questionnaires oil trypanosomiasis knowledge administered to school children and cattle-keeping smallholders in the intervention and control study sites.School children's post-communication intervention trypanosomiasis signs knowledge was much higher than that observed during the pre-communication intervention survey. More trypanocides were named by school children during the post-intervention questionnaire survey compared to those known during the pre-intervention survey.The trypanosomiasis signs knowledge score obtained by the smallholder farmers exposed to the extension materials was higher than that obtained by those not exposed to them. Similarly, farmers' exposure to extension materials resulted in higher trypanocidal drug knowledge scores among exposed farmers than among those not exposed.These results indicate that over the period monitored, the routes (i.e. school children, village elders, animal health centres and Agrovet shops) and media (posters and leaflets) selected were effective in promoting a significant increase in knowledge of trypanosomiasis, its causes and ways of dealing with it among livestock keepers. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.