Social Representations and Practices Towards Triatomines and Chagas Disease in Calakmul, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (VBTTc) is dependent on the concomitant interaction between biological and environmental hazard over the entire landscape, and human vulnerability. Representations and practices of health-disease-care-seeking and territorial appropriation and use were analyzed for VBTTc in a qualitative ethnographic study in the Zoh-Laguna landscape, Campeche, Mexico. In-depth interviews and participatory observation explored representations and practices regarding ethno-ecological knowledge related to vector-transmission, health-disease-care-seeking, and land use processes. The population has a broad knowledge of biting insects, which they believe are all most abundant in the rainy season; the community´s proximity to natural areas is perceived as a barrier t

SUBMITTER: Valdez-Tah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4512683 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature