Intersectoral coordination, community empowerment and dengue prevention: Six years of controlled interventions in Playa municipality, Havana, Cuba

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1356-1364

  Sanchez, L ^a   Perez, D ^a   Cruz, G ^b   Castro, M ^a   Kouri G ^a   Shkedy, Z ^c   Vanlerberghe, V ^d   Van Der Stuyft, P ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cuba; Dengue; Evaluation studies; Participation; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOSQUITO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CUBA; DENGUE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CUBA; DENGUE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PILOT PROJECTS;

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

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 70350026170     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02379.x     Document Type: Article

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