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Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida

Zika infection, an otherwise usually mild disease, is of serious public health concern due to the potential teratogenic effects of the virus. The incidence of Zika infection is difficult to document since it is mostly asymptomatic and detection of those carrying Zika is usually not possible. Current...

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Autores principales: Patel, Naiya, Anees, Moneba, Kola, Reema, Acuña, Juan, Rodriguez de la Vega, Pura, Castro, Grettel, Ruiz, Juan G., Rojas, Patria
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970540
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071257
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author Patel, Naiya
Anees, Moneba
Kola, Reema
Acuña, Juan
Rodriguez de la Vega, Pura
Castro, Grettel
Ruiz, Juan G.
Rojas, Patria
author_facet Patel, Naiya
Anees, Moneba
Kola, Reema
Acuña, Juan
Rodriguez de la Vega, Pura
Castro, Grettel
Ruiz, Juan G.
Rojas, Patria
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description Zika infection, an otherwise usually mild disease, is of serious public health concern due to the potential teratogenic effects of the virus. The incidence of Zika infection is difficult to document since it is mostly asymptomatic and detection of those carrying Zika is usually not possible. Currently, there is no vaccine for Zika; therefore, use of personal preventative measures is the only method of avoiding transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between knowledge of Zika transmission and the use of preventive measures among Latinas of childbearing age who lived in or near farm-working communities in South Florida. A secondary data analysis was performed on a cross-sectional study, sampling 100 Latina women aged 18–50 years. Sixty-nine percent demonstrated a high degree of knowledge of Zika transmission, and 68% were categorized as taking good preventative measures. Women with high knowledge were 5.86 times more likely to take good preventative measures than those with no knowledge (p-value = 0.05). Knowledge was associated with more preventative measures. Therefore, it is essential to further investigate this relationship in order to develop effective public health interventions for this population.
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spelling pubmed-64809492019-04-29 Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida Patel, Naiya Anees, Moneba Kola, Reema Acuña, Juan Rodriguez de la Vega, Pura Castro, Grettel Ruiz, Juan G. Rojas, Patria Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Zika infection, an otherwise usually mild disease, is of serious public health concern due to the potential teratogenic effects of the virus. The incidence of Zika infection is difficult to document since it is mostly asymptomatic and detection of those carrying Zika is usually not possible. Currently, there is no vaccine for Zika; therefore, use of personal preventative measures is the only method of avoiding transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between knowledge of Zika transmission and the use of preventive measures among Latinas of childbearing age who lived in or near farm-working communities in South Florida. A secondary data analysis was performed on a cross-sectional study, sampling 100 Latina women aged 18–50 years. Sixty-nine percent demonstrated a high degree of knowledge of Zika transmission, and 68% were categorized as taking good preventative measures. Women with high knowledge were 5.86 times more likely to take good preventative measures than those with no knowledge (p-value = 0.05). Knowledge was associated with more preventative measures. Therefore, it is essential to further investigate this relationship in order to develop effective public health interventions for this population. MDPI 2019-04-09 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6480949/ /pubmed/30970540 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071257 Text en © 2019 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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Patel, Naiya
Anees, Moneba
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Acuña, Juan
Rodriguez de la Vega, Pura
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Ruiz, Juan G.
Rojas, Patria
Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title_full Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title_fullStr Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title_full_unstemmed Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title_short Association between Knowledge of Zika Transmission and Preventative Measures among Latinas of Childbearing Age in Farm-Working Communities in South Florida
title_sort association between knowledge of zika transmission and preventative measures among latinas of childbearing age in farm-working communities in south florida
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6480949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970540
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16071257
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