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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. © 2013 International Association for Ecology and Health.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Environmental health education in schools as strategy for rodent control: An experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Autor:Hancke, D.; Suárez, O.V.
Filiación:Laboratorio de Ecología de Roedores, Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida Intendente Cantilo s/n, (C1428EHA) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:environmental sanitation; health education; rodent control; shantytown; zoonosis; adolescent; Argentina; child; curriculum; education; environmental health; female; human; male; poverty; procedures; program evaluation; rodent control; sanitation; school; Adolescent; Argentina; Child; Curriculum; Environmental Health; Female; Humans; Male; Poverty Areas; Program Evaluation; Rodent Control; Sanitation; Schools
Año:2014
Volumen:11
Número:1
Página de inicio:133
Página de fin:140
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6
Título revista:EcoHealth
Título revista abreviado:EcoHealth
ISSN:16129202
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_16129202_v11_n1_p133_Hancke

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Hancke, D. & Suárez, O.V. (2014) . Environmental health education in schools as strategy for rodent control: An experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. EcoHealth, 11(1), 133-140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6
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Hancke, D., Suárez, O.V. "Environmental health education in schools as strategy for rodent control: An experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina" . EcoHealth 11, no. 1 (2014) : 133-140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6
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Hancke, D., Suárez, O.V. "Environmental health education in schools as strategy for rodent control: An experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina" . EcoHealth, vol. 11, no. 1, 2014, pp. 133-140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6
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Hancke, D., Suárez, O.V. Environmental health education in schools as strategy for rodent control: An experience in a Shantytown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. EcoHealth. 2014;11(1):133-140.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-013-0879-6