TY - JOUR
T1 - Community involvement in a dengue prevention project in Marilia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
AU - Yasumaro, Sueli
AU - Silva, Maria Elena
AU - Andrighetti, Maria Teresa M.
AU - De Macoris, Maria Lourdes G.
AU - Mazine, Cassia A.B.
AU - Winch, Peter J.
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - Since dengue fever has only recently appeared in the city of Marilia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, and no severe and fata cases of the disease have yet to occur, dengue prevention is not a local priority. A dengue prevention program in one neighborhood made the tires, cans, and bottles where mosquitoes breed its focus, and conducted an 'ethnography of refuse,' including local classification of materials as useful or disposable in preparation for an educational intervention. The initial assumption was that patterns of refuse disposal are an individual choice, influenced by relatively static cultural definitions of what constitutes refuse. This gave way over the course of the project to a new, more dynamic and contextualized view, allowing for the influence of various stakeholders, including municipal and informal refuse collectors, on patterns of refuse management. The end result was the establishment of a system of selective refuse collection with participation of both householders and informal refuse collectors. The implications of the findings for programs to control other emerging infectious diseases are discussed.
AB - Since dengue fever has only recently appeared in the city of Marilia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, and no severe and fata cases of the disease have yet to occur, dengue prevention is not a local priority. A dengue prevention program in one neighborhood made the tires, cans, and bottles where mosquitoes breed its focus, and conducted an 'ethnography of refuse,' including local classification of materials as useful or disposable in preparation for an educational intervention. The initial assumption was that patterns of refuse disposal are an individual choice, influenced by relatively static cultural definitions of what constitutes refuse. This gave way over the course of the project to a new, more dynamic and contextualized view, allowing for the influence of various stakeholders, including municipal and informal refuse collectors, on patterns of refuse management. The end result was the establishment of a system of selective refuse collection with participation of both householders and informal refuse collectors. The implications of the findings for programs to control other emerging infectious diseases are discussed.
KW - Brazil
KW - Community development
KW - Dengue fever
KW - Sao Paulo
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U2 - 10.17730/humo.57.2.23373jt53n27hr34
DO - 10.17730/humo.57.2.23373jt53n27hr34
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032453538
SN - 0018-7259
VL - 57
SP - 209
EP - 214
JO - Human Organization
JF - Human Organization
IS - 2
ER -