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      Use of insect repellent as personal protection among women of childbearing age in an arbovirus endemic area in Northeastern Brazil Translated title: Uso de repelente como medida de proteção pessoal por mulheres em idade fértil residentes em áreas endêmicas para arboviroses no Nordeste do Brasil

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      Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
      Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva
      Saúde pública. Arbovírus, Zika vírus, Saúde da mulher, Repelentes de insetos, Populações vulneráveis, Public health, Arboviruses, Zika virus, Women’s health, Insect repellents, Vulnerable populations

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          ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the factors associated with the individual use of insect repellent by women of childbearing age living in area endemic for arboviruses in Fortaleza, Brazil. Methods: This is a cohort study carried out between 2018 and 2019 with women aged between 15 and 39 years in Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil. A total of 1,173 women users of one of the four selected primary health care units participated in the study. The outcome was divided into: continued use, discontinued use, and nonuse of insect repellent. Crude and adjusted multinominal logistic regression analysis was carried out guided by a hierarchical model, with presentation of the respective odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). The independent variables include: socioeconomic and demographic data, environmental and sanitary characteristics, knowledge of the insect repellent, and behavioral and pregnancy-related aspects. Results: Only 28% of the participants reported using insect repellent during the two waves of the cohort. Women with higher education (OR=2.55; 95%CI 1.44–4.51); who are employed (OR=1.51; 95%CI 1.12–2.03); who received guidance from healthcare professionals (OR=1.74; 95%CI 1.28–2.36) and the media (OR=1.43; 95%CI 1.01–2.02); who intensified precautions against mosquitoes during the epidemic (OR=3.64; 95%CI 2.29–5.78); and who were pregnant between 2016 and 2019 (OR=2.80; 95%CI 1.83–4.30) had increased odds for continued use of insect repellent. Conclusion: The use of insect repellent among women of childbearing age was associated with a higher level of education, employment, guidance on insect repellent provided by healthcare professionals and the media, behavioral changes to protect against mosquitoes during the Zika virus epidemic, and pregnancy when occurring as of the beginning of the epidemic period.

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          RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar os fatores associados ao uso de repelente individual por mulheres em idade fértil residentes em área endêmicas para arboviroses em Fortaleza, Brasil. Métodos: Coorte realizada entre 2018 e 2019, com mulheres entre 15 e 39 anos, moradoras em Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil. Participaram 1.173 mulheres, usuárias de quatro unidades primárias de saúde do município. O desfecho foi categorizado em: uso continuado, uso descontinuado e não uso de repelente. Realizada análise de regressão logística multinominal norteada por modelo hierárquico, com apresentação dos respectivos odds ratio (OR) e intervalos de confiança de 95% (IC95%). As variáveis independentes incluem: dados socioeconômicos e demográficos, características ambientais e sanitárias, conhecimento sobre o repelente e aspectos comportamentais e relacionados à gravidez. Resultados: Somente 28% das participantes referiram o uso de repelente durante as duas ondas da coorte. Mulheres com escolaridade superior (OR=2,55; IC95% 1,44–4,51); com emprego (OR=1,51; IC95% 1,12–2,03); que receberam orientações por profissionais da saúde (OR=1,74; IC95% 1,28–2,36) e pela mídia (OR=1,43; IC95% 1,01–2,02); que intensificaram os cuidados contra o mosquito na epidemia (OR=3,64; IC95% 2,29–5,78); estavam grávidas entre 2016 e 2019 (OR=2,80; IC95% 1,83–4,30) tiveram as chances aumentadas para uso continuado de repelente. Conclusões: O uso de repelente entre mulheres em idade fértil mostrou-se associado a um maior nível de escolaridade, ao emprego, às orientações sobre repelente fornecidas por profissionais de saúde e pela mídia, às mudanças comportamentais de cuidado contra o mosquito durante a epidemia da Zika e à gravidez quando ocorrida a partir do início do período epidêmico.

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                Journal
                rbepid
                Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
                Rev. bras. epidemiol.
                Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                1415-790X
                1980-5497
                2024
                : 27
                : e240025
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                [2] Department of Social Behavior and Population Science – New Orleans Louisiana orgnameTulane University orgdiv1Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine United States
                [5] Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine – Fortaleza Ceará orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1School of Medicine Brazil
                [1] Department of Community Health – Fortaleza Ceará orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1School of Medicine Brazil
                [4] Institute of Collective Health – Salvador Bahia orgnameUniversidade Federal da Bahia Brazil
                [3] California orgnameUniversity of California orgdiv1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics – San Francisco United States
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                S1415-790X2024000100420 S1415-790X(24)02700000420
                10.1590/1980-549720240025
                29d6e9ff-5010-4e4e-b5ce-4729275f0902

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                Zika vírus,Saúde pública. Arbovírus,Saúde da mulher,Repelentes de insetos,Populações vulneráveis,Public health,Arboviruses,Zika virus,Women’s health,Insect repellents,Vulnerable populations

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