Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas
Dengue is clearly a very serious public health problem. In the Americas the number of dengue cases has been increasing since the 1960s, and outbreaks of the disease have been occurring more frequently. Furthermore, the density of infestation with the disease vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is hi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c8ed6153a07945eb9fb68c32aab98a60 2023-05-15T15:09:34+02:00 Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas José Luis San Martín Mónica Prado 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/c8ed6153a07945eb9fb68c32aab98a60 EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892004000200014 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/c8ed6153a07945eb9fb68c32aab98a60 Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 15, Iss 2, Pp 135-139 (2004) dengue promoción de la salud participación comunitaria comunicación social Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2004 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T00:41:16Z Dengue is clearly a very serious public health problem. In the Americas the number of dengue cases has been increasing since the 1960s, and outbreaks of the disease have been occurring more frequently. Furthermore, the density of infestation with the disease vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is high in the Americas. The general strategy for preventing and controlling dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is based on promoting behavior changes that lead to incorporating the community in controlling the disease, particularly the vector. In order to achieve this, mass communication programs on dengue should have two primary aims: converting information into practice and encouraging the community to take over prevention and control measures. The new generation of programs should be designed based on the local sanitation structure (water distribution and waste disposal) as well as information on community organizations and the roles of different family members. Furthermore, the new programs should incorporate all the following ten components: epidemiological surveillance, intersectoral actions, community participation, managing the environment and basic services, patient care, case reporting, education, using insecticides and vector control, training, and preparing for emergencies. Communication should be aimed at modifying the behavior of individuals and the community by empowering them to carry out prevention and control measures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Dengue is clearly a very serious public health problem. In the Americas the number of dengue cases has been increasing since the 1960s, and outbreaks of the disease have been occurring more frequently. Furthermore, the density of infestation with the disease vector, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is high in the Americas. The general strategy for preventing and controlling dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is based on promoting behavior changes that lead to incorporating the community in controlling the disease, particularly the vector. In order to achieve this, mass communication programs on dengue should have two primary aims: converting information into practice and encouraging the community to take over prevention and control measures. The new generation of programs should be designed based on the local sanitation structure (water distribution and waste disposal) as well as information on community organizations and the roles of different family members. Furthermore, the new programs should incorporate all the following ten components: epidemiological surveillance, intersectoral actions, community participation, managing the environment and basic services, patient care, case reporting, education, using insecticides and vector control, training, and preparing for emergencies. Communication should be aimed at modifying the behavior of individuals and the community by empowering them to carry out prevention and control measures. |
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Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas |
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Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas |
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Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas |
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Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas |
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Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de comunicación social sobre el dengue en las Américas Risk perception and strategies for mass communication on dengue in the Americas |
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