Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?

Background: <a title="Learn more about Leishmaniasis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/leishmaniasis">Leishmaniasis</a> is common in Colombia, negatively affecting the health of military personnel active in endemic areas. The disease i...

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Autores principales:	Aida M. González, María Teresa Solís-Soto, Katja Radon
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:	continuous education knowledge leishmaniasis military personnel mosquito bites personal protective equipment sand flies Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5e1115b44a2a4d93928c24eca0a8984c2021-12-02T04:46:34ZLeishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2017.10.015https://doaj.org/article/5e1115b44a2a4d93928c24eca0a8984c2017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/164https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: <a title="Learn more about Leishmaniasis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/leishmaniasis">Leishmaniasis</a> is common in Colombia, negatively affecting the health of military personnel active in endemic areas. The disease is transmitted by sand fly bites. Therefore, during duty, use of long-sleeved uniforms and other clothes treated with <a title="Learn more about Permethrin" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/permethrin">permethrin</a> and application of mosquito repellent are important personal preventive measures. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess personal and occupational factors associated with the use of personal protection in male soldiers deployed to Leishmaniasis-endemic areas. Methods: Three hundred soldiers participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire study (response 84.3%). The self-administered questionnaire contained questions about sociodemographics, duration of service, compliance with personal mosquito protection, and knowledge about leishmaniasis. Descriptive analyses were followed by multiple logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders (EpiInfo Version 7.0. Findings: Overall, 23% of the soldiers reported complete use of the recommended personal protection measures. About 83% of the participants had heard about leishmaniasis. In the adjusted regression model, knowledge about leishmaniasis (adjusted <a title="Learn more about Odds ratio" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/odds-ratio">odds ratio</a> = 2.9; 95% confidence interval: 1.1-7.2) and being enrolled in the army for more than 5 years (2.2; 1.1-4.1) increased the odds of using personal protection. Conclusions</h3>Improving knowledge about leishmaniasis is one measure to increase use of personal protection, thereby diminishing the risk of infection.Aida M. GonzálezMaría Teresa Solís-SotoKatja RadonUbiquity Pressarticlecontinuous educationknowledgeleishmaniasismilitary personnelmosquito bitespersonal protective equipmentsand fliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 83, Iss 3-4, Pp 519-523 (2017)
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spellingShingle	continuous education knowledge leishmaniasis military personnel mosquito bites personal protective equipment sand flies Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Aida M. González María Teresa Solís-Soto Katja Radon Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
description	Background: <a title="Learn more about Leishmaniasis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/leishmaniasis">Leishmaniasis</a> is common in Colombia, negatively affecting the health of military personnel active in endemic areas. The disease is transmitted by sand fly bites. Therefore, during duty, use of long-sleeved uniforms and other clothes treated with <a title="Learn more about Permethrin" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/permethrin">permethrin</a> and application of mosquito repellent are important personal preventive measures. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess personal and occupational factors associated with the use of personal protection in male soldiers deployed to Leishmaniasis-endemic areas. Methods: Three hundred soldiers participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire study (response 84.3%). The self-administered questionnaire contained questions about sociodemographics, duration of service, compliance with personal mosquito protection, and knowledge about leishmaniasis. Descriptive analyses were followed by multiple logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders (EpiInfo Version 7.0. Findings: Overall, 23% of the soldiers reported complete use of the recommended personal protection measures. About 83% of the participants had heard about leishmaniasis. In the adjusted regression model, knowledge about leishmaniasis (adjusted <a title="Learn more about Odds ratio" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/odds-ratio">odds ratio</a> = 2.9; 95% confidence interval: 1.1-7.2) and being enrolled in the army for more than 5 years (2.2; 1.1-4.1) increased the odds of using personal protection. Conclusions</h3>Improving knowledge about leishmaniasis is one measure to increase use of personal protection, thereby diminishing the risk of infection.
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author	Aida M. González María Teresa Solís-Soto Katja Radon
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title	Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
title_short	Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
title_full	Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
title_fullStr	Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
title_full_unstemmed	Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?
title_sort	leishmaniasis: who uses personal protection among military personnel in colombia?
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Leishmaniasis: Who Uses Personal Protection among Military Personnel in Colombia?

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