Mapping health behaviour related to Chagas diagnosis in a non-endemic country: Application of Andersen’s Behavioural Model

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 1; p. e0262772
• Main Authors: Iglesias-Rus, Laura, Romay-Barja, María, Boquete, Teresa, Benito, Agustín, Jordan, Briggitte, Blasco-Hernández, Teresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 20.01.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood transfusions; Bolivia - ethnology; Chagas disease; Chagas Disease - ethnology; Diagnosis; Distribution; Female; Forecasts and trends; Health Behavior; Health care; Health facilities; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health services; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Middle Aged; Models, Theoretical; Patients; People and Places; Population; Primary care; Prognosis; Rural areas; Serology; Social Sciences; Spain - epidemiology; Transplants & implants; Vector-borne diseases; Womens health; Bolivia; Spain; Madrid Spain; Europe

Chagas disease has become a challenge for non-endemic countries since population mobility has increased in recent years and it has spread to these regions. In order to prevent vertical transmission and improve the prognosis of the disease, it is important to make an early diagnosis. And to develop s...