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Transmissible vector diseases: representations, behaviors and personal involvement in health and environment after the chikungunya epidemic

2011

As part of the ANTHROPO-MTV research project (ANR SEST program), we focused on common sense thinking about vector-borne diseases, using the example of chikungunya, through an interdisciplinary quantitative survey carried out at Meeting. Here we present the results from the psychosocial component. The survey was conducted by questionnaire in November 2007 among 415 households. It was preceded by interviews with inhabitants of the island and with various institutional and health professionals. These interviews were supplemented by field observations, in particular during the prevention operations of LAV teams from the DRASS. In terms of results: We have identified the social representations o…