Diffusion of community empowerment strategies for Aedes aegypti control in Cuba: A muddling through experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-52

  Pérez, Dennis ^a   Lefèvre, Pierre ^b   Castro, Marta ^a   Toledo, María Eugenia ^a   Zamora, Gilberto ^c   Bonet, Mariano ^d   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Hygiene and Epidemiology Provincial Center   (Cuba)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f Department of Public Health ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Cuba; Dengue; Diffusion of innovations; Empowerment; Institutionalization; Participation; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; EMPOWERMENT; INNOVATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CUBA; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSECT CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CUBA; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CUBA;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 84875283949     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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