ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2014
Is participation contagious? Evidence from a household vector control campaign in urban Peru.
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- Stigma and Discrimination (SAD) at the Time of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- A behavioral design approach to improving a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Barriers that limit the implementation of thermal fogging for the control of dengue in Colombia: a study of mixed methods.BMC public health · 2019Observational
- Integrating evidence, models and maps to enhance Chagas disease vector surveillance.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Beating the odds: Sustained Chagas disease vector control in remote indigenous communities of the Argentine Chaco over a seven-year period.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
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- Increasing participation in a vector control campaign: a cluster randomised controlled evaluation of behavioural economic interventions in Peru.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- To spray or not to spray? Understanding participation in an indoor residual spray campaign in Arequipa, Peru.Global public health · 2018Article
- Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Bottlenecks in domestic animal populations can facilitate the emergence of Trypanosoma cruzi, the aetiological agent of Chagas disease.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2015Article
- The ecological foundations of transmission potential and vector-borne disease in urban landscapes.Functional ecology · 2015Article
- Residual infestation and recolonization during urban Triatoma infestans Bug Control Campaign, Peru.Emerging infectious diseases · 2014Article
- Do Incentives Crowd Out Motivation? A Feasibility Study of a Community Vector-Control Campaign in Peru.Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)Article
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Abstract
objectivesHigh rates of household participation are critical to the success of door-to-door vector control campaigns. We used the Health Belief Model to assess determinants of participation, including neighbour participation as a cue to action, in a Chagas disease vector control campaign in Peru.
methodsWe evaluated clustering of participation among neighbours; estimated participation as a function of household infestation status, neighbourhood type and number of participating neighbours; and described the reported reasons for refusal to participate in a district of 2911 households.
resultsWe observed significant clustering of participation along city blocks (p<0.0001). Participation was significantly higher for households in new versus established neighbourhoods, for infested households, and for households with more participating neighbours. The effect of neighbour participation was greater in new neighbourhoods.
conclusionsResults support a 'contagion' model of participation, highlighting the possibility that one or two participating households can tip a block towards full participation. Future campaigns can leverage these findings by making participation more visible, by addressing stigma associated with spraying, and by employing group incentives to spray.
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