Door to Door Survey and Community Participation to Implement a New County Mosquito Control Program in Wayne County, North Carolina, USA

Amanda Grantham, Alice L. Anderson and Timothy Kelley
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Amanda Grantham: Wayne County Health Department, Goldsboro, NC 27534, USA
Alice L. Anderson: East Carolina University, 3403 Belk, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Timothy Kelley: East Carolina University, 3405 Belk, Greenville, NC 27858, USA

IJERPH, 2009, vol. 6, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: Community involvement in mosquito management programs provides more sustainable and effective organization and service. A door to door survey in Wayne County, NC carried out by student volunteers, resulted in 60 household responses. Residents had not previously experienced outreach from the county (88%), and 95% of them thought the student door to door survey was an effective form of outreach. One third of the residents thought mosquitoes were severe where they lived, but only 9% thought they had any containers in their yard that might breed mosquitoes. Only 15% of the residents were concerned about mosquito borne diseases. These responses provide evidence that outreach and education on mosquito control and diseases were necessary steps for future mosquito control community planning.

Keywords: community health; mosquito control; community survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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