Beyond the 'back yard': Lay knowledge about Aedes aegypti in northern Australia and its implications for policy and practice

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-80

  McNaughton, Darlene ^a   Clough, Alan ^a   Johnson, Petrina ^a   Ritchie, Scott ^b   O'Neill, Scott ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Tropical Population Health Services   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue fever; Folk understandings; Lay knowledge; Medical anthropology; Vector born disease

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BREEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPECIES HABITAT; SUBURBAN AREA; TELEPHONE; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AGED; ANIMALS; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 77955277820     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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