Door to Door Survey and Community Participation to Implement a New County Mosquito Control Program in Wayne County North Carolina USA

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Alice L. Anderson (Creator)

Amanda Grantham (Creator)

Timothy Kelly (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: Community involvement in mosquito management programs provides more sustainable and effective organization and service. A door to door survey in Wayne County NC carried out by student volunteers resulted in 60 household responses. Residents had not previously experienced outreach from the county (88%) and 95% of them thought the student door to door survey was an effective form of outreach. One third of the residents thought mosquitoes were severe where they lived but only 9% thought they had any containers in their yard that might breed mosquitoes. Only 15% of the residents were concerned about mosquito borne diseases. These responses provide evidence that outreach and education on mosquito control and diseases were necessary steps for future mosquito control community planning. Originally published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2009 Vol. 6 No. 8.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 6:8(August 2009) p. 2150-2159.

Language: English

Date: 2011

Keywords

community health, mosquito control, community survey

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