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Knowledge and practice on prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in livestock-keeping and non-livestock-keeping communities in Hanoi city, Vietnam: A mixed-method study

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Title Knowledge and practice on prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in livestock-keeping and non-livestock-keeping communities in Hanoi city, Vietnam: A mixed-method study
 
Creator Thang Nguyen-Tien
Long Thanh Pham
Duoc Trong Vu
Son Hai Tran
Lieu Thi Vu
Vuong Nghia Bui
Anh Ngoc Bui
Trung Duc Hoang
Thanh Thi Vu
Hung Nguyen-Viet
Magnusson, Ulf
Lundkvist, Å.
Lindahl, Johanna F.
 
Subject health
livestock
animal production
vector-borne diseases
 
Description Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) are causing high morbidity and mortality for humans. Urban livestock keeping is still common in cities around the world. The animals may serve as reservoirs for zoonotic MBDs, which increase the risks for humans. Here we assess the knowledge and practices related to MBDs in households with livestock and without livestock and explore the perceptions of the health care sector about MBDs and livestock keeping in Hanoi city of Vietnam in a cross-sectional study. A quantitative survey was conducted including 513 households with and without livestock-keeping in six districts and complemented with qualitative surveys with four health staff from Hanoi Center of Disease Control and three district health centers. The quantitative survey indicated that the participants possessed basic knowledge on MBDs with an average score of 18.3 out of 35, of which non-livestock-keeping households had a better knowledge than households keeping livestock (p
 
Date 2021-02-04
2021-02-05T18:27:07Z
2021-02-05T18:27:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Thang Nguyen-Tien, Long Thanh Pham, Duoc Trong Vu, Son Hai Tran, Lieu Thi Vu, Vuong Nghia Bui, Anh Ngoc Bui, Trung Duc Hoang, Thanh Thi Vu, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Magnusson, U., Lundkvist, Å. and Lindahl, J. 2021. Knowledge and practice on prevention of mosquito-borne diseases in livestock-keeping and non-livestock-keeping communities in Hanoi city, Vietnam: A mixed-method study. PLOS ONE 16(2): e0246032.
1932-6203
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111191
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246032
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Source PLOS ONE