Evidence based community mobilization for dengue prevention in Nicaragua and Mexico (Camino Verde, the Green Way): Cluster randomized controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Andersson, Neil ^a,b   Nava Aguilera, Elizabeth ^a   Arosteguí, Jorge ^c   Morales Perez, Arcadio ^a   Suazo Laguna, Harold ^c   Legorreta Soberanis, José ^a   Hernandez Alvarez, Carlos ^c   Fernandez Salas, Ildefonso ^d   Paredes Solís, Sergio ^a   Balmaseda, Angel ^c   Cortés Guzmán, Antonio Juan ^e   Serrano De Los Santos, René ^a   Coloma, Josefina ^f   Ledogar, Robert J ^c   Harris, Eva ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CIET ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^e Depto de Prevencion Y Contr de Enferm Transmisibles Por Vec Servicios Estatales de Salud Guerrero Av Rufo Figueroa 6   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; TEMEFOS;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MOSQUITO; NICARAGUA; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; RANDOM SAMPLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEASHORE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STANDARDS; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MEXICO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NICARAGUA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84940094574     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h3267     Document Type: Article

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