Knowledge, attitudes and practices study in relation to entomophobia and its application in vector-borne-diseases

Autor: Nahid norjah, Mojgan Baniardalani, Faranak Firoozfar, Seyed Hassan Moosa-Kazemi
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 2:S1135-S1137
ISSN: 2221-1691
DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(12)60373-6
Popis: Objective The study was carried out to determine the knowledge, believe and practice of students about insects for forthcoming research due to tropical medicine. Its application to tropical medicine is acceptable. Methods The study was conducted among 300 students by pre-trained interviewers using a pre-test questionnaire in secondary, high school, and university in the Tehran city from June 2008 to May 2009. All statistics analysis was carried out the spss ver 11.5 EPI6, stata 80, chi-square and fisher exact test. Results Significantly, 82.3% of the interviewers had problem when expose to insects ( P P P P Conclusion In conclusion important the education and communication messages against entomophobia take in to consideration the local practice.
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