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Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II: Education.

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Purpose of review

Review work to create and evaluate educational materials that could serve as a primary prevention strategy to help both providers and patients in Panama, Colombia, and the USA reduce disease burden of Toxoplasma infections.

Recent findings

Educational programs had not been evaluated for efficacy in Panama, USA, or Colombia.

Summary

Educational programs for high school students, pregnant women, medical students and professionals, scientists, and lay personnel were created. In most settings, short-term effects were evaluated. In Panama, Colombia, and USA, all materials showed short-term utility in transmitting information to learners. These educational materials can serve as a component of larger public health programs to lower disease burden from congenital toxoplasmosis. Future priorities include conducting robust longitudinal studies of whether education correlates with reduced adverse disease outcomes, modifying educational materials as new information regarding region-specific risk factors is discovered, and ensuring materials are widely accessible.

SUBMITTER: Felin MS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II: Education.

Felín Mariangela Soberón MS Wang Kanix K Moreira Aliya A Grose Andrew A Leahy Karen K Zhou Ying Y Clouser Fatima Alibana FA Siddiqui Maryam M Leong Nicole N Goodall Perpetua P Michalowski Morgan M Ismail Mahmoud M Christmas Monica M Schrantz Stephen S Caballero Zuleima Z Norero Ximena X Estripeaut Dora D Ellis David D Raggi Catalina C Castro Catherine C Rengifo-Herrera Claudia C Moossazadeh Davina D Ramirez Margarita M Pandey Abhinav A Ashi Kevin K Dovgin Samantha S Dixon Ashtyn A Li Xuan X Begeman Ian I Heichman Sharon S Lykins Joseph J Villalobos-Cerrud Delba D Fabrega Lorena L Montalvo José Luis Sanchez JLS Mendivil Connie C Quijada Mario R MR Fernández-Pirla Silvia S de La Guardia Valli V Wong Digna D de Guevara Mayrene Ladrón ML Flores Carlos C Borace Jovanna J García Anabel A Caballero Natividad N de Saez Maria Theresa Moreno MTM Politis Michael M Ross Stephanie S Dogra Mimansa M Dhamsania Vishan V Graves Nicholas N Kirchberg Marci M Mathur Kopal K Aue Ashley A Restrepo Carlos M CM Llanes Alejandro A Guzman German G Rebellon Arturo A Boyer Kenneth K Heydemann Peter P Noble A Gwendolyn AG Swisher Charles C Rabiah Peter P Withers Shawn S Hull Teri T Frim David D McLone David D Su Chunlei C Blair Michael M Latkany Paul P Mui Ernest E Vasconcelos-Santos Daniel Vitor DV Villareal Alcibiades A Perez Ambar A Galvis Carlos Andrés Naranjo CAN Montes Mónica Vargas MV Perez Nestor Ivan Cardona NIC Ramirez Morgan M Chittenden Cy C Wang Edward E Garcia-López Laura Lorena LL Muñoz-Ortiz Juliana J Rivera-Valdivia Nicolás N Bohorquez-Granados María Cristina MC de-la-Torre Gabriela Castaño GC Padrieu Guillermo G Hernandez Juan David Valencia JDV Celis-Giraldo Daniel D Dávila John Alejandro Acosta JAA Torres Elizabeth E Oquendo Manuela Mejia MM Arteaga-Rivera José Y JY Nicolae Dan L DL Rzhetsky Andrey A Roizen Nancy N Stillwaggon Eileen E Sawers Larry L Peyron Francois F Wallon Martine M Chapey Emanuelle E Levigne Pauline P Charter Carmen C De Frias Migdalia M Montoya Jose J Press Cindy C Ramirez Raymund R Contopoulos-Ioannidis Despina D Maldonado Yvonne Y Liesenfeld Oliver O Gomez Carlos C Wheeler Kelsey K Zehar Samantha S McAuley James J Limonne Denis D Houze Sandrine S Abraham Sylvie S Piarroux Raphael R Tesic Vera V Beavis Kathleen K Abeleda Ana A Sautter Mari M El Mansouri Bouchra B El Bachir Adlaoui A Amarir Fatima F El Bissati Kamal K Holfels Ellen E Penn Richard R Cohen William W de-la-Torre Alejandra A Britton Gabrielle G Motta Jorge J Ortega-Barria Eduardo E Romero Isabel Luz IL Meier Paul P Grigg Michael M Gómez-Marín Jorge J Kosagisharaf Jagannatha Rao JR Llorens Xavier Sáez XS Reyes Osvaldo O McLeod Rima R

Current pediatrics reports 20220801 3

<h4>Purpose of review</h4>Review work to create and evaluate educational materials that could serve as a primary prevention strategy to help both providers and patients in Panama, Colombia, and the USA reduce disease burden of <i>Toxoplasma</i> infections.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Educational programs had not been evaluated for efficacy in Panama, USA, or Colombia.<h4>Summary</h4>Educational programs for high school students, pregnant women, medical students and professionals, scientists, and lay ...[more]

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Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II: Education.

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