Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community

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Autor(a) principal: Williams-Blangero,Sarah
Data de Publicação: 1999
Outros Autores: VandeBerg,John L., Teixeira,Antonio R. L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000100002
Resumo: Chagas' disease remains a major public health concern throughout much of Latin America. In Brazil, segments of the population experience Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates as high as 65%, indicating that control programs are still needed. Few data are available concerning people's health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in heavily infected populations. Such health beliefs may significantly impact the effectiveness of intervention schemes. The purpose of this study was to assess health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in a population experiencing high infection rates with the causal parasite. The focal population for the study consisted of the residents of Posse, a rural community in the State of Goiás. The results indicate that a majority of the population had a high degree of knowledge about Chagas' disease and the vector involved in its transmission. These findings indicate that control programs conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health have included effective educational components.
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spelling Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian communityKnowledge/AttitudesKnowledge/PracticeTrypanosoma cruziChagas DiseaseChagas' disease remains a major public health concern throughout much of Latin America. In Brazil, segments of the population experience Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates as high as 65%, indicating that control programs are still needed. Few data are available concerning people's health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in heavily infected populations. Such health beliefs may significantly impact the effectiveness of intervention schemes. The purpose of this study was to assess health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in a population experiencing high infection rates with the causal parasite. The focal population for the study consisted of the residents of Posse, a rural community in the State of Goiás. The results indicate that a majority of the population had a high degree of knowledge about Chagas' disease and the vector involved in its transmission. These findings indicate that control programs conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health have included effective educational components.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz1999-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1999000100002Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.15 n.1 1999reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X1999000100002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWilliams-Blangero,SarahVandeBerg,John L.Teixeira,Antonio R. L.eng2001-08-15T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X1999000100002Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2001-08-15T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
title Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
spellingShingle Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
Williams-Blangero,Sarah
Knowledge/Attitudes
Knowledge/Practice
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas Disease
title_short Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
title_full Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
title_fullStr Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
title_sort Attitudes towards Chagas' disease in an endemic Brazilian community
author Williams-Blangero,Sarah
author_facet Williams-Blangero,Sarah
VandeBerg,John L.
Teixeira,Antonio R. L.
author_role author
author2 VandeBerg,John L.
Teixeira,Antonio R. L.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Williams-Blangero,Sarah
VandeBerg,John L.
Teixeira,Antonio R. L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Knowledge/Attitudes
Knowledge/Practice
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas Disease
topic Knowledge/Attitudes
Knowledge/Practice
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas Disease
description Chagas' disease remains a major public health concern throughout much of Latin America. In Brazil, segments of the population experience Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates as high as 65%, indicating that control programs are still needed. Few data are available concerning people's health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in heavily infected populations. Such health beliefs may significantly impact the effectiveness of intervention schemes. The purpose of this study was to assess health beliefs related to Chagas' disease in a population experiencing high infection rates with the causal parasite. The focal population for the study consisted of the residents of Posse, a rural community in the State of Goiás. The results indicate that a majority of the population had a high degree of knowledge about Chagas' disease and the vector involved in its transmission. These findings indicate that control programs conducted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health have included effective educational components.
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