The Effects of Prevention Knowledge Compared to the Improvement of Housing Conditionsin Control of Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: a Natural Experience of Earthquake in Bam/Iran

Autor: M.R Aflatoonian, I Sharifi, B Aflatoonian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 247-258 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2008-2843
Popis: Background and Aims: There are still many unknowns about prevention and control of Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL). Bam district is one of the old foci of CL. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of knowledge of prevention and improving housing, conditions in control of ACL based on a natural experience of earthquack, in Bam city. Methods: This comparative – analytical study was carried out in two time periods of before and after the 2003 bam Earthquake. Sampling was performed through random cluster method from the CL high risk areas within the city of Bam. The selected houses were actively visited in a similar manner and data about houses, hygienic conditions and the history of CL infection in the last three years were recorded. Data were analyzed through SPSS software and using t, Chi-Square and regression tests. Results: Both knowledge of CL prevention and housing, conditions were significantly better (p
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