TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards the Prevention of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in an Endemic Area of Alagoas, Northeast Brazil
AU - Santos, Adriano José dos
AU - Lima, Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida
AU - Sousa, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de
AU - Vasconcelos dos Santos, Aytana
AU - Santos, Israel Gomes de Amorim
AU - Bezerra Santos, Márcio
AU - Feitosa, Vera Lucia Corrêa
AU - Santos, Allan Dantas dos
AU - Primão, Juliana Cristina Magnani
AU - Andrade, Denise de
AU - Silva, José Rodrigo Santos
N1 - Funding Information:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) (Process 001).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - We analyzed the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of schistosomiasis mansoni prevention in an endemic area of Brazil. This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and May 2021, with 412 participants living in the municipality of Feira Grande, Alagoas, Brazil. Data collection occurred through visits to the Health Center Urbano II and Massapê, through an interview with a structured questionnaire to identify the levels of KAP regarding schistosomiasis prevention. Of all respondents, 70.87% lived in rural areas, 22.66% reported a history of past schistosomiasis and 52.71% never participated in schistosomiasis control program actions. Factors associated with better KAP scores were being part of an older age group, not using rainwater and having no history of past schistosomiasis. Specifically, among the domains, attitude was the highest score and knowledge was the lowest. Participation in a health intervention program, knowing someone who had schistosomiasis and having been informed through a public health program seemed to have an important impact on the population’s KAP. Our results contributed to broadening perceptions about schistosomiasis prevention, highlighting the positive impacts that health programs and interventions have on disease control.
AB - We analyzed the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of schistosomiasis mansoni prevention in an endemic area of Brazil. This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and May 2021, with 412 participants living in the municipality of Feira Grande, Alagoas, Brazil. Data collection occurred through visits to the Health Center Urbano II and Massapê, through an interview with a structured questionnaire to identify the levels of KAP regarding schistosomiasis prevention. Of all respondents, 70.87% lived in rural areas, 22.66% reported a history of past schistosomiasis and 52.71% never participated in schistosomiasis control program actions. Factors associated with better KAP scores were being part of an older age group, not using rainwater and having no history of past schistosomiasis. Specifically, among the domains, attitude was the highest score and knowledge was the lowest. Participation in a health intervention program, knowing someone who had schistosomiasis and having been informed through a public health program seemed to have an important impact on the population’s KAP. Our results contributed to broadening perceptions about schistosomiasis prevention, highlighting the positive impacts that health programs and interventions have on disease control.
KW - attitude
KW - endemic diseases
KW - health education
KW - knowledge
KW - neglected tropical diseases
KW - practices
KW - prevention
KW - public health
KW - Schistosoma mansoni
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85146815281&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/tropicalmed8010034
DO - 10.3390/tropicalmed8010034
M3 - Article
C2 - 36668941
AN - SCOPUS:85146815281
SN - 2414-6366
VL - 8
JO - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
IS - 1
M1 - 34
ER -
