Knowledge, attitudes and practices on tsetse and sleeping sickness among communities living in and around Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
| Autor: | L. E. Matemba, S. N. Kibona, T. D. K. Mlengeya, Safari Kinung’hi, J K Sahani, Imna I. Malele, Coleman Kishamawe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Disease reservoir Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Insecticides Endemic Diseases Tsetse Flies Behavior change communication Population Rural Health Insect Control Tanzania Risk Factors Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Animals Humans African trypanosomiasis education Disease Reservoirs education.field_of_study biology business.industry Public health Community Participation General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Insect Vectors Cross-Sectional Studies Trypanosomiasis African Sexual abuse business Trypanosomiasis |
| Zdroj: | Tanzania Journal of Health Research; Vol 8, No 3 (2006) Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0856-6496 1821-9241 1821-6404 |
| Popis: | A study was undertaken to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices about sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) among communities living in and around Serengeti National Park (SENAPA). Structured questionnaires were administered to a total of 1490 consenting participants. Of the respondents, 924 (62%) knew sleeping sickness, and 807 (87.3%) knew the right place to seek healthcare. Of 924 who knew sleeping sickness, 386 (42%) said the disease was present in the areas they live. Most respondents (85.4%) knew that sleeping sickness infections were acquired in the bush and forest. The most common (69.3%) sources of information about sleeping sickness were relatives and friends. Symptoms of sleeping sickness mentioned included abnormal sleep (45.2%), fever (35.3%), body malaise (14.5%), headache (7.6%) and lymph node enlargement (6.1%). Of 1490 people interviewed 90.4% knew tsetse flies and 89.8% had been bitten by tsetse flies. The majority (86.6%) of the respondents knew that sleeping sickness is transmitted through a tsetse bite. Activities that exposed people to tsetse bites included working in tsetse infested bushes/forests, grazing livestock in tsetse infested areas and hunting game animals. In conclusion, communities living in and around SENAPA were knowledgeable about tsetse and sleeping sickness. The communities can thus understand and support community based tsetse and sleeping sickness control programmes to ensure success. |
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