Dissemination of information on visceral leishmaniasis from schoolchildren to their families: a sustainable model for controlling the disease Informação sobre leishmaniose visceral por escolares aos seus familiares: uma abordagem sustentável para o controle da doença

• Main Authors: Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães (Author), José Ailton da Silva (Author), João Paulo Amaral Haddad (Author), Elvio Carlos Moreira (Author), Maria Isabel Magalhães Fonseca (Author), Marina Lúcia Lima de Ornelas (Author), Barbara Kellen Antunes Borges (Author), Zélia Maria Profeta da Luz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A model for the dissemination of information on visceral leishmaniasis from schoolchildren to their families was evaluated in two schools in Caeté, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Age ranged from 9 to 17 years in the two schools, one receiving the intervention (with 92 students) and the other serving a...