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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters
A critical step for decreasing zoonotic disease threats is to have a good understanding of the associated risks. Hunters frequently handle potentially infected birds, so they are more at risk of being exposed to zoonotic avian pathogens, including avian influenza viruses (AIVs). The objective of the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.644786 |
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author | Delgado-Hernández, Beatriz Mugica, Lourdes Acosta, Martin Pérez, Frank Montano, Damarys de las Nieves Abreu, Yandy Ayala, Joel Percedo, María Irian Alfonso, Pastor |
author_facet | Delgado-Hernández, Beatriz Mugica, Lourdes Acosta, Martin Pérez, Frank Montano, Damarys de las Nieves Abreu, Yandy Ayala, Joel Percedo, María Irian Alfonso, Pastor |
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description | A critical step for decreasing zoonotic disease threats is to have a good understanding of the associated risks. Hunters frequently handle potentially infected birds, so they are more at risk of being exposed to zoonotic avian pathogens, including avian influenza viruses (AIVs). The objective of the current study was to gain a better understanding of Cuban hunters' general hunting practices, focusing on their knowledge and risk perception on avian influenza. An anonymous and voluntary semi-structured questionnaire was designed and applied to 398 hunters. Multiple correspondence analyses found relationships with potential exposure of AIVs to people and domestic animals. The main associated risks factors identified were not taking the annual flu vaccine (60.1%) and not cleaning hunting knives (26.3%); Direct contact with water (32.1%), cleaning wild birds at home (33.2%); receiving assistance during bird cleaning (41.9%), keeping poultry at home (56.5%) and feeding domestic animals with wild bird leftovers (30.3%) were also identified as significant risk factors. The lack of use of some protective measures reported by hunters had no relationship with their awareness on avian influenza, which may imply a lack of such knowledge. The results evidenced that more effective risk communication strategies about the consequences of AIVs infecting human or other animals, and the importance of reducing such risks, are urgently needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-83427622021-08-07 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters Delgado-Hernández, Beatriz Mugica, Lourdes Acosta, Martin Pérez, Frank Montano, Damarys de las Nieves Abreu, Yandy Ayala, Joel Percedo, María Irian Alfonso, Pastor Front Public Health Public Health A critical step for decreasing zoonotic disease threats is to have a good understanding of the associated risks. Hunters frequently handle potentially infected birds, so they are more at risk of being exposed to zoonotic avian pathogens, including avian influenza viruses (AIVs). The objective of the current study was to gain a better understanding of Cuban hunters' general hunting practices, focusing on their knowledge and risk perception on avian influenza. An anonymous and voluntary semi-structured questionnaire was designed and applied to 398 hunters. Multiple correspondence analyses found relationships with potential exposure of AIVs to people and domestic animals. The main associated risks factors identified were not taking the annual flu vaccine (60.1%) and not cleaning hunting knives (26.3%); Direct contact with water (32.1%), cleaning wild birds at home (33.2%); receiving assistance during bird cleaning (41.9%), keeping poultry at home (56.5%) and feeding domestic animals with wild bird leftovers (30.3%) were also identified as significant risk factors. The lack of use of some protective measures reported by hunters had no relationship with their awareness on avian influenza, which may imply a lack of such knowledge. The results evidenced that more effective risk communication strategies about the consequences of AIVs infecting human or other animals, and the importance of reducing such risks, are urgently needed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8342762/ /pubmed/34368040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.644786 Text en Copyright © 2021 Delgado-Hernández, Mugica, Acosta, Pérez, Montano, Abreu, Ayala, Percedo and Alfonso. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Delgado-Hernández, Beatriz Mugica, Lourdes Acosta, Martin Pérez, Frank Montano, Damarys de las Nieves Abreu, Yandy Ayala, Joel Percedo, María Irian Alfonso, Pastor Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk Perception Toward Avian Influenza Virus Exposure Among Cuban Hunters |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes, and risk perception toward avian influenza virus exposure among cuban hunters |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8342762/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368040 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.644786 |
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