ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020
A cross-sectional study of awareness and practices regarding animal bites in rural community, North India.
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- Exploring the social and organizational factors influencing dog bites: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Burden of dog bites and associated healthcare seeking behavior for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in North and South Shahdara municipal zones of Delhi, India.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with delay in initiating postexposure prophylaxis for rabies prevention in a district of Madhya Pradesh, India: 2023.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Rabies in rural northeast India: A case report emphasising the urgency of the One Health approach.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
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- Roles of traditional medicine and traditional healers for rabies prevention and potential impacts on post-exposure prophylaxis: A literature review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Review
- Drivers of zoonotic disease risk in the Indian subcontinent: A scoping review.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionRepeated epidemiological studies to monitor trends of knowledge and practices are needed to guide strategies to control rabies. We conducted a study to assess the current knowledge, attitudes, and practices in relation to animal bites in the rural area of north India.
methodsHouse to house survey to collect data on animal bites was conducted among 300 households (assuming awareness regarding animal bites to be 25%, precision 95%, and power of 80%) from the rural area of Punjab, north India. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire comprising of items that explored sociodemographic details (age, educational qualification, occupation, socioeconomic status (assessed through Udai Pareek scale), and awareness regarding rabies, knowledge about first aid, attitude, and practices regarding anti-rabies vaccination (ARV) was used. Detailed questions were asked to those who owned pets.
resultsA total of 300 households were included in the analysis. Among all respondents, 30.4% (117) had an episode of animal bite in their family giving a bite incidence rate of 78/1000 population. Bites were more frequent in males (65.8%,
conclusionThere is a high incidence of animal bites in rural areas. Awareness regarding the need for rabies vaccine of animals and PEP after an animal bite is quite high and is practiced. However, there is a lack of awareness regarding the course of action to be followed when an animal does develop rabies. Traditional and inappropriate practices of wound management persist and need to be countered. Improving the availability of ARV and rabies immunoglobulin through the public health system may further augment the uptake of PEP and completion of treatment while at the same time reducing out of pocket expenditure and the overall economic cost of rabies. Solid waste management in rural areas along with oral ARV is likely to reduce the incidence of rabies in rural areas.
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