Influences of Community Interventions on Zika Prevention Behaviors of Pregnant Women, Puerto Rico, July 2016–June 20171

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Earle-Richardson, Giulia ; Prue, Christine ; Turay, Khadija ; Thomas, Dana
• Description:
  We assessed how community education efforts influenced pregnant women's Zika prevention behaviors during the 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Puerto Rico Department of Health Zika virus response. Efforts included Zika virus training, distribution of Zika prevention kits, a mass media campaign, and free home mosquito spraying. We used telephone interview data from pregnant women participating in Puerto Rico's Women, Infants, and Children Program to test associations between program participation and Zika prevention behaviors. Behavior percentages ranged from 4% (wearing long-sleeved shirt) to 90% (removing standing water). Appropriate mosquito repellent use (28%) and condom use (44%) were common. Receiving a Zika prevention kit was significantly associated with larvicide application (odds ratio [OR] 8.0) and bed net use (OR 3.1), suggesting the kit's importance for lesser-known behaviors. Offer of free residential spraying was associated with spraying home for mosquitoes (OR 13.1), indicating that women supported home spraying when barriers were removed.
• Subjects:
  Adult Child Child, Preschool Female Health Behavior History, 21St Century Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Public Health Public Health Surveillance Zika Virus Zika Virus Infection/Epidemiology Zika Virus Infection/History Zika Virus Infection/Prevention & Control

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(12):2251-2261
• Pubmed ID:
  30457546
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6256384
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Historical Article
• Place as Subject:
  Puerto Rico
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:574f79d242fdfafc993a68e551414f7a8561daee8d152d8e324c9a73164eda6b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61359/cdc_61359_DS1.pdf
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