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Tipo: Artigo de Evento
Título: Does perception of the Zika virus mediate socioeconomic differences on the employment of measures of prevention and care?
Autor(es): Raquel Zanatta Coutinho
Gilvan Ramalho Guedes
Marina Alves Amorim
Wesley Henrique Silva Pereira
Bruna Firmino
Resumo: Previous study found that the perceptions regarding the Zika virus (ZIKV) are likely to be shaped by person‟s own experiences with the disease. For example, people who have been infected by ZIKV associate the disease with its most common symptoms, such as pain and rash. The perception of the virus, however, may vary by gender and SES. Using novel survey data collected in Governador Valadares, Brazil (a hotspot for vector-borne diseases), we evaluate if the meaning people attribute to the ZIKV varies according to their sociodemographic differences and mediates the way they employ measures of prevention and care amidst the ZIKV epidemics. Using a combination of Pearson Chi Square, Exponential Random Graph Models and count regression, we found that individual perception about ZIKV is shaped by gender and alter the employment of self-protection measures against the mosquito. Education does not shape perception regarding Zika, but change the odds of applying certain measures against the disease. Previous history of infection is the single most important element for applying measures of protection. We also find that sociodemographic groups (gender and education) tend to think alike regarding the epidemics. Lastly, people who had Zika are a group for whom the network of thoughts regarding Zika is concise and unique.
Assunto: Vírus da Zika
Representações sociais
Idioma: por
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: FCE - DEPARTAMENTO DE DEMOGRAFIA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/54265
Data do documento: 2018
metadata.dc.url.externa: http://eventoexpress.com.br/sites/abep/anais/listaresumos.htm
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Encontro Nacional de Estudos Populacionais
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