AVALIAÇÃO DA VULNERABILIDADE SOCIOAMBIENTAL NA TRANSMISSÃO DA ESQUISTOSSOMOSE EM RURÓPOLIS DO IPOJUCA

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.6421913117

• Palavras-chave: Poluição ambiental, fatores sociais, saneamento básico, doença do caramujo, esquistossomose.

• Keywords: Environmental pollution, social factors, basic sanitation, snail disease, schistosomiasis.

• Abstract:

  Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by trematode worms of the genus

  Schistosoma spp. The public most affected by the disease is people living in places with

  inefficient sanitation, especially for individuals who maintain contact with river waters,

  streams contaminated with cercariae. This study was conducted in the community of

  Rurópolis do Ipojuca and aimed to evaluate the conditions of social and environmental

  vulnerability related to cases of schistosomiasis transmission through the application

  of a questionnaire. Among the results, there were different age groups affected, and

  a low level of education was observed. The lack of knowledge about schistosomiasis

  presented a high percentage, a result corroborated by the lack of knowledge about the

  form of contagion. A relevant factor to reduce the incidence of this disease is to ensure

  adequate sanitation for the population. With a high representativeness of homes without

  sanitation facilities, and also a high percentage of residents who use the river daily for

  various activities, there were found positive cases of the disease in the community.

  Thus, the need to expand information on schistosomiasis infection, which forms of

  prevention and its treatment is needed. Another relevant factor to reduce the incidence

  of this disease is to guarantee the population adequate sanitation.

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