Santosh Dhakal|Durga Datt Joshi|Anita Ale|Minu Sharma|Meena Dahal|Yogendra Shah|Dhan Kumar Pant|Craig Stephen
Regional Variation in Pig Farmer Awareness and Actions Regarding Japanese Encephalitis in Nepal: Implications for Public Health Education
National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre|Vancouver Coastal Health|University of Calgary
japanese encephalitis je mosquitoborne zoonotic disease pigs major amplifying hosts important cause viral encephalitis people nepal spreading geographic distribution country pig farming increasing nepal due reducing cultural biases pigs government programs support pig farming poverty alleviation major strategies je prevention control include education vector control immunization people pigs study used survey 400 pig farmers 4 areas nepal different je pig farming histories explore regional variations farmer awareness actions towards je association awareness actions farm farmer variables implications associations public health education exposure je risk factors common across pig farms pig farming districts significant district level differences knowledge practices related onfarm je risk reduction social factors literacy gender cultural practices associated farmer attitudes knowledge practices je control je vaccine uptake almost nonexistent mosquito control steps inconsistently applied across 4 districts income determining factor differences farmers poor low uptake vaccine lack infrastructure financial capacity house pigs indoors away people suggest farmer personal protection priority target education nepal study reenforces need attack root causes peoples personal disease prevention behaviours take account local variation needs capacities designing health agriculture education programs