Mugisha Anthony, McLeod Anni, Percy Rachel, Kyewalabye Elizabeth
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2008 May;40(4):287-97. doi: 10.1007/s11250-007-9093-2.
Research in control of tick-borne diseases and trypanosomosis, and their vectors, namely, ticks and tsetse flies respectively, has been on going for decades. However, very little attention has been paid to the socio-economic factors that are likely to influence the outcome of the interventions in the control of these diseases. Thus, this study was designed to investigate these factors, mainly the intra-household factors influencing decision-making in the control of Vector-borne diseases in the pastoralist areas of Uganda. These factors included: indigenous technical knowledge, household economic factors, and gender. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used in the collection and analysis of data. The tools used for data collection included among others, participatory learning and action (PLA), and Case studies. The findings included the following: In pastoralist households, a big proportion of the household budget was allocated to vector-borne diseases control. In the male-headed households, men dominated decision-making on vector-borne diseases control, although the goals and priorities of men and women in these households were not the same. Also, vector-borne disease control was predominantly by use of modern veterinary drugs, and pastoralists treated sick cattle by themselves even in situations where there were veterinary personnel.
对蜱传疾病和锥虫病及其传播媒介（即蜱虫和采采蝇）的控制研究已经进行了数十年。然而，对于可能影响这些疾病控制干预措施效果的社会经济因素，人们关注甚少。因此，本研究旨在调查这些因素，主要是乌干达牧区影响媒介传播疾病控制决策的家庭内部因素。这些因素包括：本土技术知识、家庭经济因素和性别。数据收集和分析采用了定性和定量方法。用于数据收集的工具包括参与式学习与行动（PLA）以及案例研究等。研究结果如下：在牧民家庭中，很大一部分家庭预算用于媒介传播疾病的控制。在男性当家的家庭中，男性主导着媒介传播疾病控制的决策，尽管这些家庭中男性和女性的目标及优先事项并不相同。此外，媒介传播疾病的控制主要依靠使用现代兽药，即使有兽医人员在场，牧民也会自行治疗患病的牲畜。
