International Health and Development Department, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Feb;84(2):208-17. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0615.
As part of a larger research program evaluating chemical threshold levels for a Push-Pull intervention to reduce man-vector (Aedes aegypti) contact, this qualitative study explored local perceptions and strategies associated with mosquito control within dengue-endemic communities in Peru and Thailand. Focus groups were used to provide preliminary information that would identify possible public acceptance issues to the Push-Pull strategy in each site. Nine focus group discussions (total of 102 individuals) conducted between September 2008 and March 2009 examined several themes: 1) current mosquito control practices; 2) perceptions of spatial repellency and contact irritancy versus killing mosquitoes; and 3) initial perceptions toward mosquito host-seeking traps. Results indicate participants use household-level strategies for insect control that reveal familiarity with the concept of spatial repellent and contact irritant actions of chemicals and that placing traps in the peridomestic environment to remove repelled mosquitoes was acceptable. Preliminary evidence suggests a Push-Pull strategy should be well accepted in these locations. These results will be beneficial for developing future large scale push-pull interventions and are currently being used to guide insecticide application strategies in (entomological) proof-of-concept studies using experimental huts.
作为评估减少人-蚊（埃及伊蚊）接触的推拉干预措施化学阈值水平的更大研究计划的一部分，这项定性研究探讨了秘鲁和泰国登革热流行社区中与蚊子控制相关的当地看法和策略。使用焦点小组提供初步信息，以确定在每个地点推拉策略可能存在的公众接受问题。2008 年 9 月至 2009 年 3 月期间进行了 9 次焦点小组讨论（共 102 人），探讨了几个主题：1）当前的蚊子控制措施；2）对空间驱避性和接触刺激性与杀死蚊子的看法；3）对诱蚊宿主陷阱的初步看法。结果表明，参与者在家用层面上采取了昆虫控制策略，这表明他们熟悉空间驱避剂和化学物质接触刺激性的概念，并且在家庭环境周围放置诱蚊陷阱以去除被驱避的蚊子是可以接受的。初步证据表明，在这些地方推拉策略应该会被很好地接受。这些结果将有助于制定未来的大规模推拉干预措施，并正在用于指导使用实验小屋进行（昆虫学）概念验证研究中的杀虫剂应用策略。
