Annan Esther, Guo Jinghui, Angulo-Molina Aracely, Yaacob Wan Fairos Wan, Aghamohammadi Nasrin, C Guetterman Timothy, Yavaşoglu Sare İlknur, Bardosh Kevin, Dom Nazri Che, Zhao Bingxin, Lopez-Lemus Uriel A, Khan Latifur, Nguyen Uyen-Sa D T, Haque Ubydul
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA.
Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Sep-Oct;49:102360. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102360. Epub 2022 May 27.
Surveillance is a critical component of any dengue prevention and control program. There is an increasing effort to use drones in mosquito control surveillance. Due to the novelty of drones, data are scarce on the impact and acceptance of their use in the communities to collect health-related data. The use of drones raises concerns about the protection of human privacy. Here, we show how willingness to be trained and acceptance of drone use in tech-savvy communities can help further discussions in mosquito surveillance. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey to assess knowledge of diseases caused by Aedes mosquitoes, perceptions about drone use for data collection, and acceptance of drones for Aedes mosquito surveillance around homes. Compared with people living in Turkey, Mexicans had 14.3 (p < 0.0001) times higher odds and Malaysians had 4.0 (p = 0.7030) times the odds of being willing to download a mosquito surveillance app. Compared to urban dwellers, rural dwellers had 1.56 times the odds of being willing to be trained. There is widespread community support for drone use in mosquito surveillance and this community buy-in suggests a potential for success in mosquito surveillance using drones. A successful surveillance and community engagement system may be used to monitor a variety of mosquito spp. Future research should include qualitative interview data to add context to these findings.
监测是任何登革热预防和控制计划的关键组成部分。人们越来越努力地将无人机用于蚊虫控制监测。由于无人机尚属新奇事物，关于其在社区收集健康相关数据的影响和接受度的数据稀缺。无人机的使用引发了对保护人类隐私的担忧。在此，我们展示了在技术熟练的社区中接受培训的意愿和对无人机使用的接受度如何有助于在蚊虫监测方面展开进一步讨论。在马来西亚、墨西哥和土耳其进行了一项横断面研究，以评估对伊蚊引起疾病的了解、对使用无人机进行数据收集的看法以及对在家庭周围使用无人机进行伊蚊监测的接受度。与生活在土耳其的人相比，墨西哥人愿意下载蚊虫监测应用程序的几率高14.3倍（p < 0.0001），马来西亚人则为4.0倍（p = 0.7030）。与城市居民相比，农村居民愿意接受培训的几率是其1.56倍。社区广泛支持在蚊虫监测中使用无人机，这种社区认可表明使用无人机进行蚊虫监测有成功的潜力。一个成功的监测和社区参与系统可用于监测多种蚊虫种类。未来的研究应纳入定性访谈数据，以便为这些发现增添背景信息。
