Aedes ægypti control in urban areas: A systemic approach to a complex dynamic

dc.creatorCarvalho, Marilia Sá
dc.creatorHonório, Nildimar Alves
dc.creatorGarcia, Leandro Martin Totaro
dc.creatorCarvalho, Luiz Carlos de Sá
dc.date2018-02-08T13:18:17Z
dc.date2018-02-08T13:18:17Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T23:22:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T23:22:09Z
dc.identifierCARVALHO, Marilia Sá; et al. Aedes ñgypti control in urban areas: A systemic approach to a complex dynamic. PLoS Negl Trop Dis., v.11, n.7, e0005632, 15p, July 2017.
dc.identifier1935-2727
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/24772
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pntd.0005632
dc.identifier1935-2735
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8889820
dc.descriptionThe available strategy for controlling the diseases transmitted by Aedes ægypti (dengue fever, Zika, and chikungunya) relies on continued community participation. Despite slogans emphasizing how easy it should be, no country has achieved it since the seventies. To better investigate potentially sustainable interventions, we developed a systemic model based on a multidisciplinary approach, integrating as deeply as possible specialized knowledge and field experience. The resulting model is composed of 4 external and 8 internal subsystems and 31 relationships, consistent with the literature and checked over multiple iterations with specialists of the many areas. We analyzed the model and the main feedback loops responsible for the system's stability, searching for possible interventions that could shift the existing balance. We suggest the introduction of 1 more player, the local primary health care structure, with the potential to change the undesired equilibrium. The health agents in the areas are the first to detect disease cases, and they could stimulate individuals to inform about potential mosquitoes' breeding sites and bring timely information to the vector-control program. Triggering such an action could introduce changes in people's attitude through a positive feedback loop in the desired direction.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectAedes aegypti
dc.subjectÁreas urbanas
dc.subjectControle
dc.subjectBrasil
dc.subjectAedes aegypti
dc.subjecturban areas
dc.subjectControl
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.titleAedes ægypti control in urban areas: A systemic approach to a complex dynamic
dc.typeArticle


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