Preventive behaviors and knowledge of tick-borne illnesses: Results of a survey from an endemic area

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages E16-E23

  Valente, Sara L ^b   Wemple, Daniel ^b   Ramos, Sebastian ^b   Cashman, Suzanne B ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a  

^a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; bull's eye rash; deer tick; Lyme disease; Lyme disease endemic county; Martha's Vineyard; Prevention; preventive behaviors; tick bite; tick borne disease; tick borne illness; ticks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSECT VECTOR; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TICK; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TICKS;

EID: 85028279411     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000098     Document Type: Article

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