The Effects of Cultural (Myths, Perceptions and Practices) factors on Disease Control in Cameroon. The Case of Cholera in the South West Region of Cameroon
- 주제(키워드) Cultural Factors Preventing disease control
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Shin Goo Kang
- 발행년도 2015
- 학위수여년월 2015. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제개발협력과
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초록/요약
Cholera epidemic is a recurrent disease in developing countries with poor environmental sanitation and inadequate supply of potable water. In endemic areas of West Africa, opinions and myths surrounding the real causes of cholera diseases have given rise to varying methods of control. This research gives an insight into these various opinions and myths. Some of these are that magico-religious factors, witchcraft, eating soil, god’s will and evil air in the community are responsible for cholera outbreaks. Wrong perception and myth of cholera hinders acceptance and accessibility to launch effective operational response to affected communities during an outbreak. This also lead to delay in providing intervention and treatment during an outbreak.
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1
Background Information 1
The Burden of Cholera Epidemic 2
Quick Facts about the Republic of Cameroon 3
The Problem Area 4
Problem Statement 5
Puzzle 5
Hypothesis 6
Objectives 6
Main Contribution 7
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1 Cholera Prevention and Control 9
2.2 Strategies to Curb Cholera transmission 11
2.3 Barriers to cholera prevention and control 15
2.4 Steps taken to prevent and control cholera and its possible barriers 16
2.5 Shortcomings 20
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22
3.1 Study Area 22
3.2 Nature and Type of Data 24
3.2.1 Definition of target population 24
3.2.2 Source of data 24
3.2.3 Techniques for data collection 26
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 27
4.1 Demographic characteristics of Respondents 27
4.2 Social and Cultural factors 31
4.3 Causes of cholera 34
4.4 Social Causes 36
4.4 Impact of Outbreak 38
CHAPTER FIVE: RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 40
5.1 Summary of findings 40
5.2 Recommendations 41
5.3 Conclusion 44
Bibliography 45
Appendix 47
