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To Really Know the Disease: Creating a Participatory Community Education Workshop about Taenia solium Focused on Physical, Economic, and Epidemiologic Evidence
Michelle Beam
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Angela G. Spencer
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Ruth Atto
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Roberto Camizan
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Hector H. Garcia
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Seth E. O’Neal
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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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Authors’ addresses: Michelle Beam, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, E-mail: beam@ohsu.edu. Angela G. Spencer, Lauralee Fernandez, and Seth E. O’Neal, School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University–Portland State University, Portland, OR, E-mails: angela.g.spencer@pdx.edu, fernanla@ohsu.edu, and oneals@ohsu.edu. Ruth Atto, Roberto Camizan, Percy Vilchez, Claudio Muro, and Ricardo Gamboa, Centro de Salud Global, Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, E-mails: ratto@peruresearch.org, rcamizan1@gmail.com, pvilchez@peruresearch.org, claudio.muro@peruresearch.org, and rgamboa@peruresearch.org. Ian Pray and Brian Garvey, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, E-mails: pray@ohsu.edu and garveyb@ohsu.edu. Hector H. Garcia, Centro de Salud Global Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, and Department of Microbiology, School of Sciences, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, E-mail: hgarcia1@jhu.edu.
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Beam M et al. 2018. Barriers to participation in a community-based program to control transmission of Taenia solium in Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg 98: 1748–1754.
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2.
Sarti E et al. 1997. Development and evaluation of a health education intervention against Taenia solium in a rural community in Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 56: 127–132.
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3.
Mwidunda SA, Carabin H, Matuja WBM, Winkler AS, Ngowi HA, 2015. A school based cluster randomised health education intervention trial for improving knowledge and attitudes related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Mbulu District, northern Tanzania. PLoS One 10: e0118541.
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4.
Wohlgemut J, Dewey C, Levy M, Mutua F, 2010. Evaluating the efficacy of teaching methods regarding prevention of human epilepsy caused by Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 82: 634–642.
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5.
Alexander AM, Mohan VR, Muliyil J, Dorny P, Rajshekhar V, 2012. Changes in knowledge and practices related to taeniasis/cysticercosis after health education in a south Indian community. Int Health 4: 164–169.
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6.
Ngowi HA, Carabin H, Kassuku AA, Mlozi MRS, Mlangwa JED, Willingham AL, 2008. A health-education intervention trial to reduce porcine cysticercosis in Mbulu District, Tanzania. Prev Vet Med 85: 52–67.
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7.
Ngowi HA, Mlangwa JE, Mlozi MR, Tolma EL, Kassuku AA, Carabin H, Willingham AL III, 2009. Implementation and evaluation of a health-promotion strategy for control of Taenia solium infections in northern Tanzania. Int J Health Promot Educ 47: 24–34.
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8.
Carabin H et al. 2018. Effectiveness of a community-based educational programme in reducing the cumulative incidence and prevalence of human Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burkina Faso in 2011–14 (EFECAB): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health 6: e411–e425.
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9.
Andersson N et al. 2015. Evidence based community mobilization for dengue prevention in Nicaragua and Mexico (Camino Verde, the Green Way): cluster randomized controlled trial. BMJ 351: h3267.
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10.
Bardosh K, Inthavong P, Xayaheuang S, Okello AL, 2014. Controlling parasites, understanding practices: the biosocial complexity of a one health intervention for neglected zoonotic helminths in northern Lao PDR. Soc Sci Med 120: 215–223.
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11.
Freire P, 2000. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 3rd edition. New York, NY: Continuum.
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