Community participation in Aedes aegypti control: A sociological perspective on five years of research in the health area "26 de Julio", Havana, Cuba

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 664-672

  Perez D ^a   Lefevre P ^b   Sanchez L ^a   Sanchez L M ^c   Boelaert, M ^b   Kouri G ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti control; Community participation; Cuba; Dengue; Sociology

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; LEARNING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOSQUITO; POLICY STRATEGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DENGUE; EMPOWERMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUBA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CIUDAD DE LA HABANA; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; HAVANA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 34247268542     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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