Behavioral risk factors associated with reported tick exposure in a Lyme disease high incidence region in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tick-borne diseases, and especially Lyme Disease (LD), are on the rise in Canada and have been met with increasing public health concern. To face these emerging threats, education on the prevention of tick bites remains the mainstay of public health intervention. The objective of this study was to assess the adoption of preventive behaviors toward tick bites and LD and to investigate the association between behavioral risk factors and reported tick exposure in a Canadian, LD high incidence region (Estrie region, Quebec, Canada).

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 which used a telephone questionnaire administered to a random sample of 10,790 adult residents of the study region. Questions investigated tick exposure, LD awareness, attitudes towards

SUBMITTER: Aenishaenslin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature