Community perceptions on challenges and solutions to implement an Aedes aegypti control project in Ponce, Puerto Rico (USA).

ABSTRACT: This study characterizes community perceptions on a large-scale project seeking to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and prevent arboviral disease transmission in Ponce, Puerto Rico; and to leverage on these perceptions to make modifications to ensure effective project implementation. In 2017-2018 the team conducted informal interviews, focus groups, and in-depth interviews with leaders and residents of the communities, focusing on challenges and potential solutions to the project implementation. Possible challenges to the project implementation included the lack of geographic consistency between clusters defined by researchers and the participants' description of the communities' geographic boundaries. Few children living in the communities could affect the ability of the

SUBMITTER: Perez-Guerra CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10109480 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature