Adoption of community-based strategies for sustainable vector control and prevention.

ABSTRACT: Community engagement strategies provide tools for sustainable vector-borne disease control. A previous cluster randomized control trial engaged nine intervention communities in seven participatory activities to promote management of the domestic and peri-domestic environment to reduce risk factors for vector-borne Chagas disease. This study aims to assess the adoption of this innovative community-based strategy, which included chickens' management, indoor cleaning practices, and domestic rodent infestation control, using concepts from the Diffusion of Innovations Theory. We used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to understand perceptions of knowledge gained, intervention adoption level, innovation attributes, and limiting or facilitating factors for adoption. The analysis proce

SUBMITTER: Rivera EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10512496 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature