Impact of education on knowledge, agricultural practices, and community actions for mosquito control and mosquito-borne disease prevention in rice ecosystems in Sri Lanka
Impact of education on knowledge, agricultural practices, and community actions for mosquito control and mosquito-borne disease prevention in rice ecosystems in Sri Lanka
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DOI：
10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.1034
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Levins, Richard
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作者：
Yasuoka, Junko;Mangione, Thomas W.;Levins, Richard
蚊媒疾病是斯里兰卡的主要公共卫生威胁。通过在两个干预村和两个比较村进行学前和学后调查，制定、实施和评估了一项为期 20 周的试点教育计划，旨在通过参与式和非化学方法提高社区知识和蚊虫控制。基线知识的相关因素包括性别、家庭成员人数、有疟疾史的家庭成员比例、学校教育水平以及住所的电力供应情况。参与教育计划提高了对蚊子生态学和疾病流行病学的了解，改变了农业实践，并增加了蚊子控制和疾病预防的无害环境措施。教育后阶段的各种行动是由知识的提高决定的，而不是由社会人口特征决定的。无论社会人口特征如何，这种基于社区的教育干预措施都可以有效地增进对水稻生态系统蚊子控制和疾病预防的了解和积极参与。
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in Sri Lanka. A 20-week pilot education program to improve community knowledge and mosquito control with participatory and non-chemical approaches was developed, implemented, and evaluated using pre-educational and post-educational surveys in two intervention and two comparison villages. Correlates of baseline knowledge were sex, number of family members, ratio of family members with malaria history, school education level, and availability of electricity at the residence. Participation in the educational program led to improved knowledge of mosquito ecology and disease epidemiology, changes in agricultural practices, and an increase in environmentally sound measures for mosquito control and disease prevention. The variety of actions at the post-educational stage were determined by improved knowledge, but not by sociodemographic characteristics. Such community-based educational interventions are effective in increasing understanding and active involvement in mosquito control and disease prevention in rice ecosystems regardless of sociodemographic characteristics.