TY - JOUR
T1 - To really know the disease
T2 - Creating a participatory community education workshop about taenia solium focused on physical, economic, and epidemiologic evidence
AU - Beam, Michelle
AU - Spencer, Angela G.
AU - Atto, Ruth
AU - Camizan, Roberto
AU - Vilchez, Percy
AU - Muro, Claudio
AU - Gamboa, Ricardo
AU - Pray, Ian
AU - Garvey, Brian
AU - Fernandez, Lauralee
AU - Garcia, Hector H.
AU - O'Neal, Seth E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Cysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is a neglected disease that causes preventable epilepsy. We conducted an experiential learning workshop in northern Peru to educate community members on T. solium transmission and motivate participation in community-led prevention and control. The workshop included presentation of local economic and epidemiologic data, followed by hands-on participation in pig dissection, group discussion of the T. solium life cycle, and viewing of eggs and nascent tapeworms with light microscopes. Among heads of household, we used community survey data to compare knowledge of the three-stage parasite life cycle at baseline and 2 months postworkshop. Knowledge of the life cycle increased significantly after the workshop, with greater gains for workshop attendees than non-attendees. Prior knowledge and workshop attendance were significant predictors of postworkshop knowledge. The use of local evidence and experiential learning positively affected knowledge of T. solium transmission, laying the foundation for subsequent community-engaged control efforts.
AB - Cysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium, is a neglected disease that causes preventable epilepsy. We conducted an experiential learning workshop in northern Peru to educate community members on T. solium transmission and motivate participation in community-led prevention and control. The workshop included presentation of local economic and epidemiologic data, followed by hands-on participation in pig dissection, group discussion of the T. solium life cycle, and viewing of eggs and nascent tapeworms with light microscopes. Among heads of household, we used community survey data to compare knowledge of the three-stage parasite life cycle at baseline and 2 months postworkshop. Knowledge of the life cycle increased significantly after the workshop, with greater gains for workshop attendees than non-attendees. Prior knowledge and workshop attendance were significant predictors of postworkshop knowledge. The use of local evidence and experiential learning positively affected knowledge of T. solium transmission, laying the foundation for subsequent community-engaged control efforts.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0939
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0939
M3 - Article
C2 - 30938282
AN - SCOPUS:85067376516
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 100
SP - 1490
EP - 1493
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -