Assessing Community-Based Tick Control for LD Mitigation

评估基于社区的蜱虫控制以缓解 LD

• 批准号: 7053416
• 负责人: Thomas N Mather
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7053416
• 关键词: Lyme disease; Ungulate; animal population study; arthropod nonpollutant control; behavioral /social science research tag; chemoprevention; clinical research; communicable disease control; community; cooperative study; data collection; disease vectors; drug screening /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; health behavior; health education; health surveys; human subject; insect control; insecticides; medical records; public opinion; questionnaires; ticks; Lyme disease; Ungulate; animal population study; arthropod nonpollutant control; behavioral /social science research tag; chemoprevention; clinical research; communicable disease control; community; cooperative study; data collection; disease vectors; drug screening /evaluation; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; health behavior; health education; health surveys; human subject; insect control; insecticides; medical records; public opinion; questionnaires; ticks

HealthyPeople2010 established a goal of reducing Lyme diseaseto 9.7 cases per 100,000 residents within the next six years. Sincet ick abundance is positively correlated with disease incidence in Rhode Island,where statewide disease incidence rates average>51 per 100,000 residents, there clearly is an immediate need for effective disease mitigation measures including tick reduction interventions. Numerous tick control strategies for disease prevention have been developed ;many have been evaluated, at least to some degree but few have been implemented widely or in a coordinated manner. Moreover, there may be strong experimental evidence indicating the effectiveness of a particular intervention, but its efficacy under actual application circumstances may be limited or unknown. To date, there have been nostudies that measure actual effectiveness in reducing Lyme disease incidence at the population level. It is our hypothesis that for interventions to be effective, it wil lbe necessary to increase public knowledge and proper implementation of tick control strategies, or use strategies that require less participation of the public at risk. To evaluate this, we propose to: 1) assess and evaluate tick control attitudes and practices before and after implementing an aggressive, interactive community outreach program for tick control; 2) implement a community-wide 4-poster tick control program and evaluate its effectiveness for disease prevention; and 3) assist 4-poster technology transfer by developing a comprehensive manual detailing implementation of a municipal 4-poster tick control program. This project will be the first to test whether area-wide tick control efforts result in reduced disease incidence. Its innovation lies in the fact that tick biologists will use interactive techniques and be active participants in municipal and homeowner tick control programming. Efforts will focus on identifying strategiesfor engaging the community and individuals at risk.

HealthypeOple2010建立了减少莱姆病9.7病例的目标 在接下来的六年内。 Sincet的丰度与罗德岛州的疾病发病率呈正相关，在该岛上，全州疾病的发病率平均>每10万居民> 51，显然需要立即采取有效的缓解疾病措施，包括减少tick滴答干预。很多的 已经开发了预防疾病的壁虱控制策略；至少在某种程度上对许多人进行了评估，但很少有人以广泛的方式或以协调方式实施。此外，可能有强有力的实验证据表明特定干预的有效性，但是在实际应用情况下其功效可能是有限或未知的。迄今为止，人们已经怀有衡量在降低人口水平莱姆病发病率的实际有效性的怀念。我们的假设是，要使干预措施有效，有必要提高公众知识并正确实施tick控制策略，或者使用需要更少公众参与风险的策略。 为了评估这一点，我们建议：1）在实施积极的，互动的社区外展计划之前和之后评估和评估壁虱控制态度和实践； 2）实施社区范围内的4级壁虱控制计划并评估其预防疾病的有效性； 3）通过开发全面的手册详细详细实施市政4-Poster tick控制计划，以协助4寄生技术转移。 该项目将是第一个测试范围范围内的壁虱控制工作是否导致疾病发病率降低的项目。它的创新在于tick生物学家将使用互动技术，并积极参与市政和房主tick控制节目。努力将着重于确定使社区和个人处于危险中的策略。