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Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología
On-line version ISSN 1561-3003
Abstract
HERNANDEZ QUINONES, Sandra; NORIEGA BRAVO, Vivian; ECHEMENDIA CRUZ, Bernardo and PONCE CARDENAS, Félix. Participation diagnosis for intervention and control of Aedes aegypti in a risk area:: Sancti Spíritus municipality, 2007. Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol [online]. 2010, vol.48, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3003.
A technological development research consisting in an educational strategy with community involvement in a risk area of the Consejo Popular Colón, Sancti Spíritus municipality in 2007 was carried out. Study included two phases: First, the design of a strategy to identify the environmental and social factors influencing on the appearance of Aedes aegypty breeding places; the second one the validation of strategy from the expert criteria. Study group included the health area community leaders of risk area from the number 7, 13 and 25 family physician consulting room of the southern health area. Sample included 12 participants: family physicians and nurses. "campaign" workers, local government representatives, Defence Committee of the Revolution and the Cuban Women Federation, the Defence Council Chief and the health area teacher. As result, information, education and communication strategy was designed with community involvement, on the base of the main social and environmental problems identified, taking into account the learning needs detected in knowledge exploration and practice of study population. The total of experts agreed that designed strategy has wide possibilities and probabilities of success in its application and considered that the proposed educational approach will allows that community strengthen individual, family and community responsibility in relation to health.
Keywords : Participation diagnosis; educational strategy; community involvement; information; education and communication strategy.