Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania.
Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated rabies is a good example. Despite the availability of effective control measures, 59,000 people die of rabies every year worldwide. In Tanzania, childre...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7c2cd28b2fc24ee48974ae4473815131 2023-05-15T15:15:48+02:00 Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. Lwitiko Sikana Tiziana Lembo Katie Hampson Kennedy Lushasi Sally Mtenga Maganga Sambo Daniel Wight Jane Coutts Katharina Kreppel 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220 https://doaj.org/article/7c2cd28b2fc24ee48974ae4473815131 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220 https://doaj.org/article/7c2cd28b2fc24ee48974ae4473815131 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 3, p e0009220 (2021) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220 2023-03-26T01:30:10Z Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated rabies is a good example. Despite the availability of effective control measures, 59,000 people die of rabies every year worldwide. In Tanzania, children are most at risk, contributing ~40% of deaths. Mass dog vaccination can break the transmission cycle, but reaching the recommended 70% coverage is challenging where vaccination depends on willingness to vaccinate dogs. Awareness campaigns in communities often target children, but do not consider other key individuals in the prevention chain. Understanding factors related to dog ownership and household-level responsibility for dog vaccination and child health is critical to the design of vaccination strategies. We investigated who makes household decisions about dogs and on health care for children in rural Tanzania. In the Kilosa district, in-depth interviews with 10 key informants were conducted to inform analysis of data from a household survey of 799 households and a survey on Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of 417 households. The in-depth interviews were analysed using framework analysis. Descriptive analysis showed responsibilities for household decisions on dogs' and children's health. Multivariate analysis determined factors associated with the probability of dogs being owned and the number of dogs owned, as well as factors associated with the responsibility for child health. Dog ownership varied considerably between villages and even households. The number of dogs per household was associated with the size of a household and the presence of livestock. Children are not directly involved in the decision to vaccinate a dog, which is largely made by the father, while responsibility for seeking health care if a child is bitten lies with the mother. These novel results are relevant for the design and implementation of rabies interventions. Specifically, awareness campaigns should focus on decision-makers in ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15 3 e0009220 |
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Interventions tackling zoonoses require an understanding of healthcare patterns related to both human and animal hosts. The control of dog-mediated rabies is a good example. Despite the availability of effective control measures, 59,000 people die of rabies every year worldwide. In Tanzania, children are most at risk, contributing ~40% of deaths. Mass dog vaccination can break the transmission cycle, but reaching the recommended 70% coverage is challenging where vaccination depends on willingness to vaccinate dogs. Awareness campaigns in communities often target children, but do not consider other key individuals in the prevention chain. Understanding factors related to dog ownership and household-level responsibility for dog vaccination and child health is critical to the design of vaccination strategies. We investigated who makes household decisions about dogs and on health care for children in rural Tanzania. In the Kilosa district, in-depth interviews with 10 key informants were conducted to inform analysis of data from a household survey of 799 households and a survey on Knowledge Attitudes and Practices of 417 households. The in-depth interviews were analysed using framework analysis. Descriptive analysis showed responsibilities for household decisions on dogs' and children's health. Multivariate analysis determined factors associated with the probability of dogs being owned and the number of dogs owned, as well as factors associated with the responsibility for child health. Dog ownership varied considerably between villages and even households. The number of dogs per household was associated with the size of a household and the presence of livestock. Children are not directly involved in the decision to vaccinate a dog, which is largely made by the father, while responsibility for seeking health care if a child is bitten lies with the mother. These novel results are relevant for the design and implementation of rabies interventions. Specifically, awareness campaigns should focus on decision-makers in ... |
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. |
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. |
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. |
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. |
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Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania. |
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dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children's health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in tanzania. |
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