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Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Social Representations of a University Community in Endemic Outbreaks
Infectious Disease Reports, Vol.13(2), pp.486-493
30/05/2021
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Abstract
(1) Background: Studying social representations as lay theories allows for a better understanding of the common sense knowledge constructed around mosquito-borne diseases and the impact this may have on attitudes and behaviors. (2) Methods: A hierarchical evocation questionnaire was circulated through an Australian academic community and analyzed by prototypical analysis and correspondence factor analysis. (3) Results: Representational areas are regulated by participant age and whether or not they had contracted a mosquito-borne disease. (4) Conclusions: Collecting and understanding social representations has the potential to help social actors implement strategies that encourage people to access information and adopt behaviors in line with the scientific reality of the phenomenon, rather than limiting lay theories.
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- Title
- Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Social Representations of a University Community in Endemic Outbreaks
- Creators
- Sylvain Delouvée (Author) - Université Rennes 2Gail Moloney (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityKathleen McColl (Author) - École des Hautes Études en Santé PubliqueGrégory Lo Monaco (Author) - Aix-Marseille University
- Publication Details
- Infectious Disease Reports, Vol.13(2), pp.486-493
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Identifiers
- 991012939899802368
- Copyright
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article