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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal
Rabies is still a public health problem in Senegal. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on rabies among human and animal health professionals. It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study conducted in the Kaffrine district. Data were collected from 28 June...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101282 |
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author | Ba, Mouhamadou Faly Kane, Ndèye Mbacké Diallo, Mamadou Kindi Korka Bassoum, Oumar Boh, Oumy Kaltome Mboup, Fatoumata Zahra Mohamed Faye, El Hadji Bilal Bedekelabou, Andre Pouwedeou Dieng, Sara Danièle Diop, Fatimata Niang Badiane, Médoune Ridde, Valéry Faye, Adama |
author_facet | Ba, Mouhamadou Faly Kane, Ndèye Mbacké Diallo, Mamadou Kindi Korka Bassoum, Oumar Boh, Oumy Kaltome Mboup, Fatoumata Zahra Mohamed Faye, El Hadji Bilal Bedekelabou, Andre Pouwedeou Dieng, Sara Danièle Diop, Fatimata Niang Badiane, Médoune Ridde, Valéry Faye, Adama |
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description | Rabies is still a public health problem in Senegal. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on rabies among human and animal health professionals. It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study conducted in the Kaffrine district. Data were collected from 28 June to 01 July 2021. An exhaustive recruitment was done, and the final sample size was 95 health professionals. R software was used for descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Health professionals with sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes and good practices in relation to rabies represented 35.8%, 26.3% and 45.3% of the study respectively. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that professionals who worked in urban areas (AOR = 11.10; 95% CI = [3.50–41.69]) and who worked in animal health (AOR = 7.45; 95% CI = [1.16–70.40]) were more likely to have sufficient knowledge about rabies. Professionals with tertiary education (AOR = 12.40; CI95% = [1.80–268.00]) and with sufficient knowledge (AOR = 3.41; CI95% = [1.01–12.70]) were more likely to have a positive attitude about rabies. Professionals with a positive attitude about rabies (AOR = 3.23; 95% CI = [1.08–10.70]) were more likely to have a good practice when presented with an animal bite case. These results suggest that improving health professionals’ knowledge about rabies is essential in order to influence their attitudes and practices against rabies. |
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spelling | pubmed-85372542021-10-24 Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal Ba, Mouhamadou Faly Kane, Ndèye Mbacké Diallo, Mamadou Kindi Korka Bassoum, Oumar Boh, Oumy Kaltome Mboup, Fatoumata Zahra Mohamed Faye, El Hadji Bilal Bedekelabou, Andre Pouwedeou Dieng, Sara Danièle Diop, Fatimata Niang Badiane, Médoune Ridde, Valéry Faye, Adama Pathogens Article Rabies is still a public health problem in Senegal. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices on rabies among human and animal health professionals. It was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study conducted in the Kaffrine district. Data were collected from 28 June to 01 July 2021. An exhaustive recruitment was done, and the final sample size was 95 health professionals. R software was used for descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Health professionals with sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes and good practices in relation to rabies represented 35.8%, 26.3% and 45.3% of the study respectively. The results of the multivariate analysis showed that professionals who worked in urban areas (AOR = 11.10; 95% CI = [3.50–41.69]) and who worked in animal health (AOR = 7.45; 95% CI = [1.16–70.40]) were more likely to have sufficient knowledge about rabies. Professionals with tertiary education (AOR = 12.40; CI95% = [1.80–268.00]) and with sufficient knowledge (AOR = 3.41; CI95% = [1.01–12.70]) were more likely to have a positive attitude about rabies. Professionals with a positive attitude about rabies (AOR = 3.23; 95% CI = [1.08–10.70]) were more likely to have a good practice when presented with an animal bite case. These results suggest that improving health professionals’ knowledge about rabies is essential in order to influence their attitudes and practices against rabies. MDPI 2021-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8537254/ /pubmed/34684231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101282 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ba, Mouhamadou Faly Kane, Ndèye Mbacké Diallo, Mamadou Kindi Korka Bassoum, Oumar Boh, Oumy Kaltome Mboup, Fatoumata Zahra Mohamed Faye, El Hadji Bilal Bedekelabou, Andre Pouwedeou Dieng, Sara Danièle Diop, Fatimata Niang Badiane, Médoune Ridde, Valéry Faye, Adama Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices on Rabies among Human and Animal Health Professionals in Senegal |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes and practices on rabies among human and animal health professionals in senegal |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537254/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10101282 |
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