Achieving sustainability of community-based dengue control in Santiago de Cuba

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 976-988

  Toledo Romani, Maria E ^b   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^a   Perez, Dennis ^b   Lefevre, Pierre ^a   Ceballos, Enrique ^c   Bandera, Digna ^c   Baly Gil, Alberto ^b   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^c Provincial Center of Surveillance and Vector Control   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Capacity building; Cuba; Dengue; Institutionalization; Sustainability; Vector control

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

AEDES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LARVA; QUESTIONNAIRE; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CUBA; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; SANTIAGO DE CUBA;

EID: 33846163200     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.033     Document Type: Article

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