Research Components
Overview
This project utilized diverse methodological approaches across three objectives.
Assessing sanitation conditions
- Analysis of the sanitation conditions conducted in the two identified areas of Estrutural City included selective waste collection and the quality of drinking water, which was correlated with cases of arboviral diseases.
- The team visited 30 houses in each area, assessing the presence of debris, open sewage disposal, wooden structures, and ground water reservoirs. Additionally, water samples were collected for analysis, which focused on microbiological, physical, and chemical parameters.
- A multiparameter probe and a liquid chromatography analysis were used.
Improving entomological surveillance
All participants were trained at the Laboratory of Medical Parasitology and Vector Biology to collect mosquitoes, identify and process entomological samples.
In each area, 30 dwellings were selected for adult mosquito capture using light-weight mosquito aspirators. Mosquitoes were dislodged from typical resting surfaces and captured by a trained collector.
Houses were sampled two to three times per month.
Conducting qualitative research and health education
- In collaboration with the Basic Health Unit, 91 members of the community were surveyed on vaccination schedules.
- An autoethnography on waste picking was published in Global Health Research and a manuscript was submitted to the Waste Management and Human Health.