To Really Know the Disease: Creating a Participatory Community Education Workshop about Taenia solium Focused on Physical, Economic, and Epidemiologic Evidence

Garvey, Brian; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; O'Neal, Seth E.; Camizan, Roberto; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru; Fernandez, Lauralee; Beam, Michelle; Atto, Ruth; Spencer, Angela G.; Muro Ecca, Claudio Alberto; Vilchez Barreto, Percy Mcquen; Pray, Ian; Gamboa Morán, Ricardo

dc.contributor.author	Beam, Michelle
dc.contributor.author	Spencer, Angela G.
dc.contributor.author	Atto, Ruth
dc.contributor.author	Camizan, Roberto
dc.contributor.author	Vilchez Barreto, Percy Mcquen
dc.contributor.author	Muro Ecca, Claudio Alberto
dc.contributor.author	Gamboa Morán, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Pray, Ian
dc.contributor.author	Garvey, Brian
dc.contributor.author	Fernandez, Lauralee
dc.contributor.author	García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author	O'Neal, Seth E.
dc.contributor.author	Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-04T17:01:22Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-04T17:01:22Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/6935
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Cysticercosis/prevention and control	en_US
dc.subject	Taenia solium	en_US
dc.subject	epilepsy	en_US
dc.subject	experiential learning workshop	en_US
dc.subject	economic and epidemiologic data	en_US
dc.title	To Really Know the Disease: Creating a Participatory Community Education Workshop about Taenia solium Focused on Physical, Economic, and Epidemiologic Evidence	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0939
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645