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标题：Percepções sobre dengue dos moradores de um município brasileiro de fronteira
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作者：Elisangela Martins da Silva Costa ; Edgar Aparecido da Costa ; Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha 等
期刊名称：Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção
印刷版ISSN：2238-3360
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：177-183
DOI：10.17058/reci.v8i2.11120
语种：Portuguese
出版社：Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção
摘要：Background and Objectives: Approaches based on knowledge of the population constitute an important tool for guiding the development of appropriate and effective strategies to control and prevent outbreaks of dengue. The objective of this study was to identify the perceptions about knowledge, occurrence and control activities of dengue fever of residents of the municipality of Ponta Porã, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil/Paraguay border. Methods: A qualitative-quantitative study was conducted from November to December 2016 in a population sample of residents in the urban area of the city. For the data collection, 383 residents were interviewed, whose content analysis was done using the Collective Subject Discourse technique. Results: The speeches reveal coherence between the information disseminated by dengue control campaigns and the knowledge of the population about the disease. Observed accountability of the own population on the occurrence of dengue. The interviewees showed dissatisfaction with the actions of dengue control developed by the municipal public power, mainly with the intensity, regularity and continuity of them. Conclusions: Most of the interviewees know what dengue is, knows its form of transmission and how it gives its control.