Title
Knowledge, attitudes and practices about fascioliasis among mothers from an andean rural area of North Peru
Other title
Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre fascioliasis en madres de una zona rural andina del norte peruano
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rojas-Huamán Y.
Valdivia-Meléndez Y.
Saucedo-Duran T.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
A survey to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices about fascioliasis was administered to 62 mothers from a rural endemic zone of Cajamarca's Andean Region, Peru. Only 37.0% recognized the alicuya (local name for Fasciola hepatica) as the parasite responsible for the disease; 56.5% knows that the disease affects the liver in the humans and 85.5% knows affects also animals; 98.4% have a positive predisposition to attend informative talks about the disease and 75.8% to support their authorities actively to solve of the problem. 38.7% referred drinking emollients in the street, 75.6% have domestic animals considered host for the parasite. In conclusion, attitudes of mothers are mostly favourable for prevention and control activities, despite their mistaken knowledge risky practices for fasciolasis among members of their families.
Start page
59
End page
62
Volume
27
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Demografía
Parasitología
Otras ciencias médicas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77953668566
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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