Title
Knowledge level, attitudes and preventive practices towards Zika
Other title
Nivel de conocimientos y su relación con las actitudes y prácticas preventivas del Zika
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad de Cordoba
Abstract
Objective. This correlational descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge and its relationship with attitudes and Zika's preventive practices in the district of Chepen, La Libertad, Peru, 2017. Materials and methods. A questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices was applied to a sample of 284 adult persons, with an average age of 37 years. Results. The results showed that the level of general knowledge about zika was regular at 79% and good at 21%. As for the most common zika's preventive practices carried out by the inhabitants of Chepén, 83% mentioned that they frequently washed their water tanks, 77% used a brush and detergent to wash the tanks with water and 75% placed a lid over the tanks with water. Conclusions. There is a significant relationship between level of knowledge and sika's preventive practices (p < 0.05).In addition, regular knowledge is a risk factor (OR: 5, CI: 2.073-10.063) for inadequate zika's preventive practice; people with regular knowledge are 5 times more likely to have inadequate preventive practices. However, the level of knowledge does not have a significant relationship with attitudes towards the prevention of zika (p > 0.05).
Start page
6981
End page
6990
Volume
23
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85061378384
Source
Revista MVZ Cordoba
ISSN of the container
01220268
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus