Is an Enviormental Health Educational Intervention Sufficient to Change Behavior?: Perceptions from an Indigenous Lake Community in Guatemala

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dc.contributor.advisorTerrance Gratton
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSue Lurie
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNorman Trieff
dc.creatorPezzia, Carla
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:36:42Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-01
dc.date.submitted2013-05-17T09:00:07-07:00
dc.description.abstractPezzia, Carla. Is an environmental health educational intervention sufficient to change behavior?: Perceptions from an indigenous lake community in Guatemala. Master of Public Health (Environmental Health), December 2006, 46 pp., 6 tables, 1 illustration, references, 18 titles. Traditional environmental health practices focus on education and exposure prevention, but the division between the biophysico-chemical and social environment keeps them from always being sufficient; human ecology seeks to bridge this division. The second leading cause of mortality in Guatemala is gastrointestinal infections, and San Pedro, Guatemala, provides an opportunity to study these infections utilizing a human ecological approach. Morbidity data were collected from the local health center, observations noted systematically, and both residents and tourists were interviewed regarding their perceptions of the community’s environmental health. Results found that residents who had no contact with tourists stated that, for gastrointestinal infections due to refuse in the streets, education alone would not be sufficient to reduce this problem; most felt some type of government intervention would be necessary. It is recommended that public health specialists enjoy a human ecological approach and refer to the community when designing an appropriate intervention.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29458
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectClinical Epidemiology
dc.subjectCommunity-Based Learning
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDigestive System
dc.subjectDigestive System Diseases
dc.subjectDisorders of Environmental Origin
dc.subjectEducational Sociology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Health and Protection
dc.subjectEnvironmental Policy
dc.subjectEnvironmental Public Health
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectGastroenterology
dc.subjectHealth Communication
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectHealth Psychology
dc.subjectInternational Public Health
dc.subjectLatin American Languages and Societies
dc.subjectMedicine and Health
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectPolitics and Social Change
dc.subjectPublic Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectPublic Health Education and Promotion
dc.subjectSocial and Behavioral Sciences
dc.subjectTourism and Travel
dc.subjectTranslational Medical Research
dc.subjectEnvironmental health practices
dc.subjecthuman ecology
dc.subjectGuatemala
dc.subjectgastrointestinal infections
dc.subjectmorbidity
dc.subjectgovernment intervention
dc.subjectrefuse in the streets
dc.titleIs an Enviormental Health Educational Intervention Sufficient to Change Behavior?: Perceptions from an Indigenous Lake Community in Guatemala
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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