Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Hancke, Diego; Suarez, Olga Virginia
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2014
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The general aim of this study was to assess the possibility of including elements of environmental health education within the curriculum of a school located in a shantytown of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. An environmental health education campaign was designed to introduce school-aged children to the problems posed by the lack of environmental sanitation, by using rodents as indicators of environmental disorder. The methodology implemented consisted of a lecture and two practical activities where the participating children were the evaluators of their neighborhood environment, recording the environmental factors that indicate direct or indirect presence of rodents and carrying out a survey about rodents among their neighbors. To assess the impact of the activities, an anonymous questionnaire was performed with the students before and after the campaign. The results showed that students were able to identify the man-made factors which favor the presence of rodents and were encouraged to propose strategies related to environmental sanitation to reduce rodent proliferation and the transmission of their parasites. This study demonstrated the feasibility of performing environmental health education campaigns in school-aged children by using practical activities to stimulate observation, participation, and comprehensive understanding of the problems posed by urban pests.
Fil: Hancke, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Suarez, Olga Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
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Rattus Norvegicus
Endoparasitos
Educacion Sanitaria
Ordenamiento Ambiental
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spelling Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaHancke, DiegoSuarez, Olga VirginiaRattus NorvegicusEndoparasitosEducacion SanitariaOrdenamiento Ambientalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The general aim of this study was to assess the possibility of including elements of environmental health education within the curriculum of a school located in a shantytown of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. An environmental health education campaign was designed to introduce school-aged children to the problems posed by the lack of environmental sanitation, by using rodents as indicators of environmental disorder. The methodology implemented consisted of a lecture and two practical activities where the participating children were the evaluators of their neighborhood environment, recording the environmental factors that indicate direct or indirect presence of rodents and carrying out a survey about rodents among their neighbors. To assess the impact of the activities, an anonymous questionnaire was performed with the students before and after the campaign. The results showed that students were able to identify the man-made factors which favor the presence of rodents and were encouraged to propose strategies related to environmental sanitation to reduce rodent proliferation and the transmission of their parasites. This study demonstrated the feasibility of performing environmental health education campaigns in school-aged children by using practical activities to stimulate observation, participation, and comprehensive understanding of the problems posed by urban pests.Fil: Hancke, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Suarez, Olga Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaSpringer2014-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/19706Hancke, Diego; Suarez, Olga Virginia; Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Springer; Ecohealth; 11; 1; 3-2014; 133-1401612-92021612-9210CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10393-013-0879-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T12:20:54Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/19706instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 12:20:54.528CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
spellingShingle Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hancke, Diego
Rattus Norvegicus
Endoparasitos
Educacion Sanitaria
Ordenamiento Ambiental
title_short Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort Environmental Health Education in Schools as Strategy for Rodent Control: An Experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hancke, Diego
Suarez, Olga Virginia
author Hancke, Diego
author_facet Hancke, Diego
Suarez, Olga Virginia
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author2 Suarez, Olga Virginia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Rattus Norvegicus
Endoparasitos
Educacion Sanitaria
Ordenamiento Ambiental
topic Rattus Norvegicus
Endoparasitos
Educacion Sanitaria
Ordenamiento Ambiental
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The general aim of this study was to assess the possibility of including elements of environmental health education within the curriculum of a school located in a shantytown of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. An environmental health education campaign was designed to introduce school-aged children to the problems posed by the lack of environmental sanitation, by using rodents as indicators of environmental disorder. The methodology implemented consisted of a lecture and two practical activities where the participating children were the evaluators of their neighborhood environment, recording the environmental factors that indicate direct or indirect presence of rodents and carrying out a survey about rodents among their neighbors. To assess the impact of the activities, an anonymous questionnaire was performed with the students before and after the campaign. The results showed that students were able to identify the man-made factors which favor the presence of rodents and were encouraged to propose strategies related to environmental sanitation to reduce rodent proliferation and the transmission of their parasites. This study demonstrated the feasibility of performing environmental health education campaigns in school-aged children by using practical activities to stimulate observation, participation, and comprehensive understanding of the problems posed by urban pests.
Fil: Hancke, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Suarez, Olga Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
description The general aim of this study was to assess the possibility of including elements of environmental health education within the curriculum of a school located in a shantytown of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. An environmental health education campaign was designed to introduce school-aged children to the problems posed by the lack of environmental sanitation, by using rodents as indicators of environmental disorder. The methodology implemented consisted of a lecture and two practical activities where the participating children were the evaluators of their neighborhood environment, recording the environmental factors that indicate direct or indirect presence of rodents and carrying out a survey about rodents among their neighbors. To assess the impact of the activities, an anonymous questionnaire was performed with the students before and after the campaign. The results showed that students were able to identify the man-made factors which favor the presence of rodents and were encouraged to propose strategies related to environmental sanitation to reduce rodent proliferation and the transmission of their parasites. This study demonstrated the feasibility of performing environmental health education campaigns in school-aged children by using practical activities to stimulate observation, participation, and comprehensive understanding of the problems posed by urban pests.
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