Self care practices in pregnant women at risk of contracting Chagas disease in Moniquirá and Miraflores, Colombia

Authors

  • Fred G. Manrique A. National University of Colombia
  • Sandra M. Camacho
  • Deisy L. Saavedra I.
  • Giomar M. Herrera A. Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia
  • Juan M. Ospina D. Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.6188

Keywords:

Chagas disease, self care, health knowledge, attitudes, health practice, risk factors

Abstract

A low level of knowledge, poverty and living with pets are considered as conditioning factors for the transmission of Chagas disease. Objective: to describe self-care practices, knowledge and risk factors in a sample of seronegative pregnant women at risk of acquiring Chagas disease in two municipalities with high prevalence: Moniquirá and Miraflores in Boyacá, Colombia. Methodology: cross-sectional and analytical study based on a sample fulfilled by 154 pregnant women under criteria of inclusion. Data were collected through a structured survey accomplished by means of sequential random sampling. Stratified frequencies and averages were calculated according to their respective measures of dispersion. Results: there are predominance of risk factors associated with staying in the town for more than six months (97%), overcrowding (3,2%), living together with domestic animals (73%) and also with wild ones (90%), presence of potentially reservoir places for insects (61%), and proximity of vegetation around dwellings (78%). Statistically significant differences between the two municipalities were also found. Conclusions: the population under study has limited knowledge about the disease and its vector and according to significant frequencies, they also neglected basic self-care practices. Nevertheless, they show interest in cooperating with this purpose and acquiring general and specific knowledge and practices about self-care in order to improve protection through preventive measures.
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Author Biographies

Fred G. Manrique A., National University of Colombia

Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia, Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, director of the Public Health Research Group.

Sandra M. Camacho

Nurse. Public Health Research Group.

Deisy L. Saavedra I.

Nurse. Public Health Research Group.

Giomar M. Herrera A., Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

Master in PHC, Master in Cardiovascular Nursing, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, Public Health Research Group.

Juan M. Ospina D., Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia

Physician MSc Epidemiology, associate professor, School of Medicine, Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia. Co-director of the Public Health Research Group.

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Manrique A. FG, Camacho SM, Saavedra I. DL, Herrera A. GM, Ospina D. JM. Self care practices in pregnant women at risk of contracting Chagas disease in Moniquirá and Miraflores, Colombia. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 29 [cited 2025 Dec. 6];28(3):231-4. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/fnsp/article/view/6188

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