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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico

To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about the Zika virus in both students and workers at the University of Veracruz, an online survey was conducted. The participants were divided into two groups: one according to sex, the other according to whether they were workers or students. Their...

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Autores principales: Argüelles-Nava, Vianey G., Alvarez-Bañuelos, María T., Córdoba-Suárez, Daniel, Sampieri, Clara L., Ortiz-León, María C., Riande-Juárez, Gabriel, Montero, Hilda
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30441747
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112548
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author Argüelles-Nava, Vianey G.
Alvarez-Bañuelos, María T.
Córdoba-Suárez, Daniel
Sampieri, Clara L.
Ortiz-León, María C.
Riande-Juárez, Gabriel
Montero, Hilda
author_facet Argüelles-Nava, Vianey G.
Alvarez-Bañuelos, María T.
Córdoba-Suárez, Daniel
Sampieri, Clara L.
Ortiz-León, María C.
Riande-Juárez, Gabriel
Montero, Hilda
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description To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about the Zika virus in both students and workers at the University of Veracruz, an online survey was conducted. The participants were divided into two groups: one according to sex, the other according to whether they were workers or students. Their answers were classified into knowledge, attitudes, and practices and they were rated as low, medium, and high. The results showed that knowledge about Zika prevailing among the university population is considered as medium in 79.4% of the study population. Most respondents know that the mosquito spreads the Zika virus (98.8%) and the clinical characteristics, while sexual transmission by the virus is little known (36.85%). Both the univariate analysis (OR (CI5) 0.227 (0.070–0.735), p = 0.013] and multivariate analysis (OR (CI95) 0.234 (0.071–778), p = 0.018] showed that belonging to the health sciences area is related to having a greater knowledge about Zika. Despite the existing knowledge, a low level of prevention practices prevails in the whole community (55%). A medium level of knowledge about Zika prevailed, while proper implementation of preventive measures for Zika is low, despite the fact that the state of Veracruz—the place where the University is located—is an endemic area.
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spelling pubmed-62672232018-12-15 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico Argüelles-Nava, Vianey G. Alvarez-Bañuelos, María T. Córdoba-Suárez, Daniel Sampieri, Clara L. Ortiz-León, María C. Riande-Juárez, Gabriel Montero, Hilda Int J Environ Res Public Health Article To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices about the Zika virus in both students and workers at the University of Veracruz, an online survey was conducted. The participants were divided into two groups: one according to sex, the other according to whether they were workers or students. Their answers were classified into knowledge, attitudes, and practices and they were rated as low, medium, and high. The results showed that knowledge about Zika prevailing among the university population is considered as medium in 79.4% of the study population. Most respondents know that the mosquito spreads the Zika virus (98.8%) and the clinical characteristics, while sexual transmission by the virus is little known (36.85%). Both the univariate analysis (OR (CI5) 0.227 (0.070–0.735), p = 0.013] and multivariate analysis (OR (CI95) 0.234 (0.071–778), p = 0.018] showed that belonging to the health sciences area is related to having a greater knowledge about Zika. Despite the existing knowledge, a low level of prevention practices prevails in the whole community (55%). A medium level of knowledge about Zika prevailed, while proper implementation of preventive measures for Zika is low, despite the fact that the state of Veracruz—the place where the University is located—is an endemic area. MDPI 2018-11-14 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6267223/ /pubmed/30441747 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112548 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Alvarez-Bañuelos, María T.
Córdoba-Suárez, Daniel
Sampieri, Clara L.
Ortiz-León, María C.
Riande-Juárez, Gabriel
Montero, Hilda
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title_full Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title_fullStr Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title_short Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Zika among a University Community Located in an Endemic Zone in Mexico
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and practices about zika among a university community located in an endemic zone in mexico
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6267223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30441747
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112548
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