Intervención educativa en una comunidad rural para disminuir el riesgo en la transmisión natural de Trypanosoma cruzi

Abstract

The American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is a zoonosis of global importancefor public health, especially in endemic countries of Latin America, is caused by the protozoan hemoflagellate Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909). In the state of Guerrero, Mexico, the geographic, ecological and environmental characteristics have favored the presence of the triatomino vector of Chagas disease, and the preventive strategies that the Ministry of Health handles related to housing have been carried out using chemical control, which can affect the health of the population. One option for disrupting vector transmission is environmental education, which plays an important role in training between society and its environment, which enables them to acquire knowledge, skills, knowledge and attitudes that help solve problems and improve their quality of life