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Household practices related to disease transmission between animals and humans in rural Cambodia

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Osbjer, Kristina, Boqvist, Sofia, Sokerya, Seng, Kannarath, Chheng, San, Sorn, Davun, Holl, Magnusson, Ulf·2015·BMC Public Health
DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1811-5PMC PMC4427931
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BACKGROUND: Zoonotic diseases are disproportionately affecting poor societies in low-income countries and pose a growing threat to public health and global food security. Rural Cambodian households may face an increased likelihood of exposure to zoonotic diseases as people there live in close association with livestock. The objectives of the study was to identify practices known to influence zoonosis transmission in rural Cambodian households and relate the practices to agro-ecological region, socio-economic position, demographics, livestock management and zoonosis awareness. METHODS: The study was conducted in three different agro-ecological regions of Cambodia; 10 villages each in the central lowlands, north-west wetlands and on the south coast, where information was obtained in questionnaires administered to 300 households, and 30 village heads and animal health workers. RESULTS: Descriptive analysis revealed a gender difference in responsibility for livestock and that the main purpose of raising livestock was for sale. Few respondents (6%) perceived a likelihood of disease transmission in their village between livestock, humans and wildlife, despite household practices related to zoonosis transmission being common. More than one-forth of households practised behaviours such as culling sick animals for consumption, eating animals found dead and allowing animals to enter sleeping and food preparation areas. Associations between household practices and possible explanatory factors were analysed with multivariable models using generalised estimation equations to account for clustering of practices within villages. Factors found to influence household practices were agro-ecological region, socio-economic position, number of people in the household, livestock species reared and awareness of zoonoses. CONCLUSIONS: Cambodia has experienced numerous fatal human cases of zoonotic influenza and extensive influenza information campaigns have been run, yet only a few of the households surveyed here reported the threat of zoonosis to be a concern in their village. Zoonosis awareness was positively related to hand washing behaviour, but other practices associated with an increased or decreased likelihood of exposure to zoonotic pathogens were unaffected by awareness. The findings indicate a knowledge-to-action gap among rural farmers and highlight the necessity for reconstructed interventions in zoonotic disease control.

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  • Clean water and detergents, standardized working tables, clean protective clothes, clean cooking areas and dining areas are among the minimum requirements to ensure customer safety from foodborne diseases.

    “Clean water and detergents, standardized working tables, clean protective clothes, clean cooking areas and dining areas are among the minimum requirements to ensure the safety of customers from foodborne diseases (Osbjer et al., 2015;Bintsis, 2017).”

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    Table 1 (Methods; page unavailable) reports handwashing with soap around cooking and keeping animals away from food-preparation areas, which supports the general hygiene point. The paper studies rural Cambodian households; it does not identify clean water, detergents, standardized tables, protective clothes, or dining areas as minimum requirements for protecting customers from foodborne disease. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Osbjer, K., Boqvist, S., Sokerya, S., Kannarath, C., San, S., Davun, H., & Magnusson, U.
Affiliations
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
  • Uppsala University (SE)
Corresponding author
Magnusson, Ulf
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Venue
BMC Public Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2015-05-09
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
476-476
ISSN
1471-2458 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s12889-015-1811-5
PMC
PMC4427931
OpenAlex
W1844878362
Cited by
52
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Language
en
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Funders
Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
Keywords
zoonoses, household practices, livestock management, rural households, knowledge-practice gap, hand washing, gender division of labor, agro-ecological zones, socioeconomic position, wildlife exposure, zoonotic influenza, Cambodia
MeSH terms
Animals, Animal Husbandry, Cambodia, Communicable Disease Control, Family Characteristics, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Male, Risk Factors, Rural Population, Zoonoses, Health Behavior, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Livestock

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