Determining Perceived Self-Efficacy for Preventing Dengue Fever in Two Climatically Diverse Mexican States: A Cross-Sectional Study

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dc.creatorAnnan, Esther
dc.creatorAngulo-Molina, Aracely
dc.creatorYaacob, Wan Fairos Wan
dc.creatorKline, Nolan
dc.creatorLopez-Lemus, Uriel A.
dc.creatorHaque, Ubydul
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-7413-1017 (Haque, Ubydul)
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-8537-3396 (Kline, Nolan)
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-9816-0958 (Annan, Esther)
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-30T17:34:16Z
dc.date.available2022-09-30T17:34:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-28
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of dengue fever and perceived self-efficacy toward dengue prevention does not necessarily translate to the uptake of mosquito control measures. Understanding how these factors (knowledge and self-efficacy) influence mosquito control measures in Mexico is limited. Our study sought to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing individual-level variables that affect the use of mosquito control measures. A cross-sectional survey with 623 participants was administered online in Mexico from April to July 2021. Multiple linear regression and multiple logistic regression models were used to explore factors that predicted mosquito control scale and odds of taking measures to control mosquitoes in the previous year, respectively. Self-efficacy (beta = 0.323, p-value = < 0.0001) and knowledge about dengue reduction scale (beta = 0.316, p-value =< 0.0001) were the most important predictors of mosquito control scale. The linear regression model explained 24.9% of the mosquito control scale variance. Increasing age (OR = 1.064, p-value =< 0.0001) and self-efficacy (OR = 1.020, p-value = 0.0024) were both associated with an increase in the odds of taking measures against mosquitoes in the previous year. There is a potential to increase mosquito control awareness and practices through the increase in knowledge about mosquito reduction and self-efficacy in Mexico.
dc.description.sponsorshipThere was no funding for this study. U.H. was supported by the Research Council of Norway (grant # 281077).
dc.identifier.citationAnnan, E., Angulo-Molina, A., Yaacob, W., Kline, N., Lopez-Lemus, U. A., & Haque, U. (2022). Determining Perceived Self-Efficacy for Preventing Dengue Fever in Two Climatically Diverse Mexican States: A Cross-Sectional Study. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 12(4), 94. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12040094
dc.identifier.issn2076-328X
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/31814
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/bs12040094
dc.rights.holder© 2022 by the authors.
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceBehavioral Sciences
dc.subjectColima
dc.subjectMexico
dc.subjectSonora
dc.subjectdengue fever
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.subjectmosquito control
dc.subjectprevention
dc.subjectself-efficacy
dc.titleDetermining Perceived Self-Efficacy for Preventing Dengue Fever in Two Climatically Diverse Mexican States: A Cross-Sectional Study
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