Impact of farmer education on their knowledge, attitudes, and practices in southern Tanzania: a case for Taenia solium control

摘要

Acomparativestudywasconductedwithpre-andpost-interventionassessmentsonthesamesubjectstoevaluateahealtheducationinterventionadministeredtosmallholderpigfarmersinIringaRural(n=750)andChunya(n=700)districts,southernTanzania.Atotalof366respondents(249inIringaRural,117inChunya)undertookaselfassessmentquestionnaireregardingknowledgeonTaeniasolium,itsimpactandmodeoftransmission,andattitudestowardsconsumptionofinfectedpork.McNemarandBhapkarChi-squarePvalueswerecomputedinSPSSandMHtoassesssignificantdifferences.nbsp;ThestudyrevealedthathealtheducationinterventionsignificantlyimprovedtheknowledgeandattitudestowardsTaeniasoliumcontrol(P0.001)andthuswouldreducetheconsumptionofinfectedpork.Itrecommendsthathealtheducation,particularlytowomenbeintegratedasanessentialcomponentofpreventionandcontrolprogrammesforTaeniasoliuminfections.nbsp;TheGovernmentofTanzaniashouldreviseitsporkinspectionregulationstoincludepracticalwaysofcontrollingporcinecysticercosis.nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;