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- Title
Un programa escolar para el control del dengue en Honduras: del conocimiento a la práctica.
- Authors
Ávila Montes, Gustavo Adolfo; Araujo, Roxana; Leontsini, Elli; Orellana Herrera, Gabriel; Fernández Cerna, Eduardo
- Abstract
The Environmental School Program (PEA, for its Spanish acronym), a dengue control initiative focused on primary schools that took place during 2005-2010 in several cities in Honduras, is described. The environmental health program was designed to increase knowledge and develop skills in the identification and control of Aedes aegypti breeding sites, as well as in water and solid waste management. The results, as measured by behavioral change and reduced larval indices, were satisfactory in the majority of the participating schools. The initiative involved not only children, but also their parents and teachers. In addition to reducing larval indices, PEA was successful in promoting community participation in environmental issues, particularly Aedes control. The inclusion of this educational content in the primary school curriculum in Honduras remains pending.
- Subjects
HONDURAS; DENGUE; PREVENTIVE medicine; ENVIRONMENTAL health; HEALTH education; SCHOOL health services; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
Pan American Journal of Public Health / Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 6, p518
- ISSN
1020-4989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1020-49892012000600011