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Is what I have just a cold or is it dengue? Addressing the gap between the politics of dengue control and daily life in Villavicencio-Colombia

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  • Roberto Suarez, M.
  • Maria Fernanda Olarte, S.
  • Ana, M.F.A.
  • Catalina González, U.

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In Colombia, dengue has been a target for public health interventions since the 1950s, with inadequate results. Furthermore, during the last few years in Colombia, the reported cases of dengue have increased. The social and cultural realities of the disease has been shown to be important and has not been considered when creating and implementing prevention and control programs. The paper draws on qualitative research of low- and high-income communities in the vicinity of Villaviecencio, South East Colombia to describe changing practices and direction of dengue prevention and control. It can be clearly observed from individuals' therapeutic itineraries and their perception of disease that public policies advertised in booklets and flyers and on television differ radically from people's everyday reality. This difference influences the success or failure of these policies.

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  • Roberto Suarez, M. & Maria Fernanda Olarte, S. & Ana, M.F.A. & Catalina González, U., 2005. "Is what I have just a cold or is it dengue? Addressing the gap between the politics of dengue control and daily life in Villavicencio-Colombia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(2), pages 495-502, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:61:y:2005:i:2:p:495-502
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    1. Toledo Romani, Maria E. & Vanlerberghe, Veerle & Perez, Dennis & Lefevre, Pierre & Ceballos, Enrique & Bandera, Digna & Baly Gil, Alberto & Van der Stuyft, Patrick, 2007. "Achieving sustainability of community-based dengue control in Santiago de Cuba," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(4), pages 976-988, February.
    2. Impoinvil, Daniel E. & Ahmad, Sajjad & Troyo, Adriana & Keating, Joseph & Githeko, Andrew K. & Mbogo, Charles M. & Kibe, Lydiah & Githure, John I. & Gad, Adel M. & Hassan, Ali N. & Orshan, Laor & Warb, 2007. "Comparison of mosquito control programs in seven urban sites in Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(2-3), pages 196-212, October.
    3. Parnali Dhar‐Chowdhury & C. Emdad Haque & S. Michelle Driedger, 2016. "Dengue Disease Risk Mental Models in the City of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Juxtapositions and Gaps Between the Public and Experts," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 36(5), pages 874-891, May.

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