%0 Journal Article
%T Intervenci¨®n educativa para elevar el nivel de conocimientos sobre rabia en adolescentes
%A Alem¨¢n Brunet
%A Mar¨ªa Caridad
%A Guerra Rodr¨ªguez
%A Yanet
%A Rodr¨ªguez Heredia
%A Odalys
%A Casta£¿eda Souza
%A Adalis
%J Revista Archivo M£¿£¿dico de Camag£¿£¿ey
%D 2012
%I Centro Provincial de Informaci¨®n de Ciencias M¨¦dicas de Camag¨¹ey
%X background: human rabies is a zoonosis that affects the population who mainly lives under extreme poverty conditions and lives together with domestic animals. objective: to elevate the knowledge level of students about rabies and the way to prevent the disease. method: an educational intervention to elevate the knowledge level about rabies was carried out in students of the secondary school pepito mendoza, camag¨¹ey municipality, from january 1st to december 31, 2009. the universe was constituted by 381 students, of them 96 were selected through a simple random sampling using the statistical program epidat, to those students were applied a survey, which constituted the primary source of data. results: after the intervention the students¡¯ knowledge increased, the majority were evaluated as well. it was demonstrated the importance of educational, practical and participatory methods to improve the understanding of this zoonosis. conclusion: after applying the intervention a significant increase of knowledge on rabies and its prevention, were achieved by the students. the intervention was considered as effective.
%K rabies [prevention and control]
%K zoonoses
%K health education
%K intervention studies
%K education
%K primary and secondary.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1025-02552012000100008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en