dc.contributor.author | Jared, Wohlgemut | |
dc.contributor.author | Cate, Dewey | |
dc.contributor.author | Mike, Levy | |
dc.contributor.author | Mutua, Florence | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-15T05:25:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-15T05:25:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wohlgemut, Jared, et al. "Evaluating the efficacy of teaching methods regarding prevention of human epilepsy caused by Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in Western Kenya." The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 82.4 (2010): 634-642. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ajtmh.org/content/82/4/634.short | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/87733 | |
dc.description.abstract | Taenia solium neurocysticercosis is a major cause of adult-onset epilepsy in developing countries. A questionnaire was administered to 282 Kenyan farmers, followed by a workshop, a second questionnaire, one-on-one training, and a third questionnaire. People who attended workshops were more likely to know how T. solium causes epilepsy in humans in the third visit than the second (P = 0.001). The likelihood that farmers would tether their pigs 100% of the time, limiting exposure to tapeworm eggs, increased after the first (P < 0.001) and second visits (P < 0.001). Farmers were more likely to have heard of Cysticercus cellulosae in the second (P = 0.001) and third visits (P = 0.007), and to know how pigs acquire infection in the second (P = 0.03) and third visits (P = 0.003). Farmers with at least a grade 8 education were more likely to know how T. solium is transmitted to humans in the second (P = 0.001) and third visits (P = 0.009), and were more likely to understand the relationship between epilepsy and T. solium in the second (P = 0.03) and third visits (P = 0.03). Grade 8 education may enhance learning from written material. Workshops followed by individual on-farm training enhanced knowledge acquisition and behavior changes. Training local government extension workers contributed to the sustainability of this project. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | Evaluating the efficacy of teaching methods regarding prevention of human epilepsy caused by taenia solium neurocysticercosis in western Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |