Beams B F
Orange County Vector Control District, Santa Ana, CA 92702.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1985 Jun;1(2):212-9.
Mosquito control is an important element of public health maintenance in the United States. Mosquito control agencies in this country have embraced the concept of Integrated Mosquito Control for the last decade or more. This concept ideally integrates the elements of chemical control, biological control and physical control, augmented by a planned public education program, into the total operational mosquito control program. Public education is the activity of routinely providing mosquito control information to the public-at-large, so that breeding sources on private properties can be reduced or eliminated. Public education appears to be highly regarded by the vast majority of American mosquito control workers. Despite this, it is not used as extensively by most mosquito control agencies as the more traditional chemical, biological and physical control methods. This study indicates that only a very small portion of the budgets of this country's mosquito control agencies is allocated to public education activities.
在美国，蚊虫控制是公共卫生维护的一个重要组成部分。在过去十年或更长时间里，该国的蚊虫控制机构一直秉持综合蚊虫控制的理念。这一理念理想地将化学控制、生物控制和物理控制等要素，通过一个有计划的公众教育项目进行强化，融入到整个蚊虫控制运营项目中。公众教育是一项定期向广大公众提供蚊虫控制信息的活动，以便减少或消除私人领地内的蚊虫滋生地。绝大多数美国蚊虫控制工作者似乎都高度重视公众教育。尽管如此，与更传统的化学、生物和物理控制方法相比，大多数蚊虫控制机构并没有广泛使用公众教育。这项研究表明，该国蚊虫控制机构的预算中只有非常小的一部分被分配用于公众教育活动。
