International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
Door to Door Survey and Community Participation to Implement a New County Mosquito Control Program in Wayne County, North Carolina, USA | |
Amanda Grantham1  Alice L. Anderson2  | |
[1] Wayne County Health Department, Goldsboro, NC 27534, USA; E-Mail:;East Carolina University, 3403 Belk, Greenville, NC 27858, USA | |
关键词: community health; mosquito control; community survey; | |
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph6082150 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Community involvement in mosquito management programs provides more sustainable and effective organization and service. A door to door survey in Wayne County, NC carried out by student volunteers, resulted in 60 household responses. Residents had not previously experienced outreach from the county (88%), and 95% of them thought the student door to door survey was an effective form of outreach. One third of the residents thought mosquitoes were severe where they lived, but only 9% thought they had any containers in their yard that might breed mosquitoes. Only 15% of the residents were concerned about mosquito borne diseases. These responses provide evidence that outreach and education on mosquito control and diseases were necessary steps for future mosquito control community planning.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
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