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SUBMITTER: Musuva RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3973508 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20140217 4
In an effort to improve intervention strategies, community knowledge, attitudes, and practices on schistosomiasis were evaluated using focus group discussions involving 237 participants, in eight Schistosoma mansoni high prevalence districts in rural Nyanza Province, Kenya. The majority of participants reported having heard about schistosomiasis through schools, posters, radio announcements, and community gatherings. Participants had a variety of beliefs about contracting schistosomiasis, includ ...[more]