Vector-Borne Diseases and Associated Factors in the Rural Communities of Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

1. Stoddard, ST, Morrison, AC, Vazquez-Prokopec, GM, et al. The role of human movement in the transmission of vector-borne pathogens. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3:e481.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline2. Nelson, KE . Epidemiology of Infectious Disease: General Principles. Infectious Disease Epidemiology Theory and Practice. Aspen Publishers; 2007:17-48.
Google Scholar3. Marselle, MR, Stadler, J, Korn, H, Irvine, KN, Bonn, A. Biodiversity and health in the face of climate change. Springer Nature; 2019:1-13.
Google Scholar | Crossref4. World Health Organazation . A Global Brief on Vector-Borne Diseases. World Health Organization; 2014.
Google Scholar5. Beard, CB, Visser, SN, Petersen, LR. The need for a national strategy to address vector-borne disease threats in the United States. J Med Entomol. 2019;56:1199-1203.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline6. Tabachnick, WJ. Challenges in predicting climate and environmental effects on vector-borne disease episystems in a changing world. J Exp Biol. 2010;213:946-954.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline7. Tilak, R, Ray, S, Tilak, VW, Mukherji, S. Dengue, chikungunya . . . and the missing entity – Zika fever: a new emerging threat. Med J Armed Forces India. 2016;72:157-163.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline8. Parham, PE, Waldock, J, Christophides, GK, et al. Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission. Philos Trans R Soc B Biol Sci. 2015;370:20130551.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline9. Alonso Aguirre, A, Basu, N, Kahn, LH, et al. Transdisciplinary and social-ecological health frameworks-novel approaches to emerging parasitic and vector-borne diseases. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2019;4:e00084.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline10. Dhiman, RC, Pahwa, S, Dhillon, GP, Dash, AP. Climate change and threat of vector-borne diseases in India: are we prepared? Parasitol Res. 2010;106:763-773.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI11. CSA (Central Statistical Agency) , “Agricultural Sample Survey,” Vol 1. Report on Area and Production of Crops (Private Peasant holdings Meher Season). Statistical Bulletin 578. CSA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015.
Google Scholar12. Watson, JM, Moritz, JB. Developing concepts of sampling. J Res Math Educ. 2000;31:44-70.
Google Scholar | Crossref13. Yates, F. Systematic sampling. Philos Trans R Soc Lond A Math Phys Sci. 1948;241:345-377.
Google Scholar | Crossref14. Fewtrell, L, Kaufmann, RB, Kay, D, Enanoria, W, Haller, L, Colford, JM Water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions to reduce diarrhoea in less developed countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005;5:42-52.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI15. Supply, WUJW, Programme, SM. Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2014 Update. World Health Organization; 2014.
Google Scholar16. Malone, K. Children’s rights and the crisis of rapid urbanisation. Int J Child Rights. 2015;23:405-424.
Google Scholar | Crossref17. Braubach, M, Jacobs, DE, Ormandy, D. Environmental Burden of Disease Associated With Inadequate Housing: A Method Guide to the Quantification of Health Effects of Selected Housing Risks in the WHO European Region. World Health Organization; 2011.
Google Scholar18. Ababa, A. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health. Postnatal Care; 2003.
Google Scholar19. Waddington, H, Snilstveit, B. Effectiveness and sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in combating diarrhoea. J Dev Effect. 2009;1:295-335.
Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI20. Anaemia with Association of Body Mass Index among Karachi University students, Pakistan . J Pak Med Assoc. 2021;71:55-58.
Google Scholar | Medline21. Brownlow, C. SPSS Explained. Routledge; 2014.
Google Scholar22. Heinze, G, Wallisch, C, Dunkler, D. Variable selection – a review and recommendations for the practicing statistician. Biom J. 2018;60:431-449.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline23. Bursac, Z, Gauss, CH, Williams, DK, Hosmer, DW. Purposeful selection of variables in logistic regression. Source Code Biol Med. 2008;3:17.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline24. Stoltzfus, JC. Logistic regression: a brief primer. Acad Emerg Med. 2011;18:1099-1104.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI25. Henderson, CA. Skin disease in rural Tanzania. Int J Dermatol. 1996;35:640-642.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI26. Collinson, S, Timothy, J, Zayzay, SK, et al. The prevalence of scabies in Monrovia, Liberia: a population-based survey. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14:e0008943.
Google Scholar | Crossref27. Kouotou, EA, Nansseu, JR, Kouawa, MK, Bissek, AC. Prevalence and drivers of human scabies among children and adolescents living and studying in Cameroonian boarding schools. Parasites & vectors. 2016;9:1-6.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline28. Yudhana, A, Setyamulyasari, R, Pontjowijono, D, Rusmawati, A, Priyanto, KE, Wardani, LK. Analysis Of Personal Hygiene And Sanitation Facilities For The Incidence Of Skin Disease In Scavengers At Tpa Klotok, Kediri City. Eur J Mol Clin Med. 2020;7:922-934.
Google Scholar29. Abossie, A, Yohanes, T, Nedu, A, Tafesse, W, Damitie, M. Prevalence of malaria and associated risk factors among febrile children under five years: a cross-sectional study in Arba Minch Zuria district, South Ethiopia. Infect Drug Resist. 2020;13:363-372.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline30. Haile, T, Sisay, T, Jemere, T. Scabies and its associated factors among under 15 years children in Wadila district, Northern Ethiopia, 2019. Pan Afr Med J. 2020;37:224.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline31. World Health Organization . Keeping the Vector Out: Housing Improvements for Vector Control and Sustainable Development. World Health Organization; 2017.
Google Scholar32. Gubler, DJ . The global threat of emergent/re-emergent vector-borne diseases. In Atkinson, PW , ed. Vector biology, ecology and control. Dordrecht: Springer; 2010: 39-62.
Google Scholar | Crossref33. Sendari, S, Ratnaningrum, R, Ningrum, M, et al. Developing e-module of environmental health for gaining environmental hygiene awareness. IOP Conf Ser Earth Environ Sci 2019;245:012023.
Google Scholar | Crossref34. Bloomfield, SF, Exner, M, Signorelli, C, Nath, K, Scott, E. The chain of infection transmission in the home and everyday life settings, and the role of hygiene in reducing the risk of infection. Paper presented at: International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; .
Google Scholar35. Peltz, JS, Rogge, RD. The indirect effects of sleep hygiene and environmental factors on depressive symptoms in college students. Sleep Health. 2016;2:159-166.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline36. Bilal, NK, Herbst, CH, Zhao, F, Soucat, A, Lemiere, C. Health extension workers in Ethiopia: improved access and coverage for the rural poor. In: Chuhan-Pole, P, Angwafo, M, eds. Yes Africa Can: Success Stiroes From a Dynamic Continent. World Bank; 2011.
Google Scholar37. World Health Organization . Increasing Access to Health Workers in Remote and Rural Areas Through Improved Retention: Global Policy Recommendations. World Health Organization; 2010.
Google Scholar38. Choi, SL, Goh, CF, Adam, MB, Tan, OK. Transformational leadership, empowerment, and job satisfaction: the mediating role of employee empowerment. Hum Resour Health. 2016;14:73-14.
Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline39. Caselli, E, Brusaferro, S, Coccagna, M, et al. Reducing healthcare-associated infections incidence by a probiotic-based sanitation system: a multicentre, prospective, intervention study. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0199616.
Google Scholar | Crossref

Comments (0)

No login
gif