Annan, Esther and Guo, Jinghui and Angulo-Molina, Aracely and Yaacob, Wan Fairos Wan and Agha Mohammadi, Nasrin and Guetterman, Timothy C. and Yavasoglu, Sare Ilknur and Bardosh, Kevin and Dom, Nazri Che and Zhao, Bingxin and Lopez-Lemus, Uriel A. and Khan, Latifur and Nguyen, Uyen-Sa D. T. and Haque, Ubydul (2022) Community acceptability of dengue fever surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 49. ISSN 1477-8939, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102360.
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Surveillance is a critical component of any dengue prevention and control program. There is an increasing effort to use drones in mosquito control surveillance. Due to the novelty of drones, data are scarce on the impact and acceptance of their use in the communities to collect health-related data. The use of drones raises concerns about the protection of human privacy. Here, we show how willingness to be trained and acceptance of drone use in tech-savvy communities can help further discussions in mosquito surveillance. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey to assess knowledge of diseases caused by Aedes mosquitoes, perceptions about drone use for data collection, and acceptance of drones for Aedes mosquito surveillance around homes. Compared with people living in Turkey, Mexicans had 14.3 (p < 0.0001) times higher odds and Malaysians had 4.0 (p = 0.7030) times the odds of being willing to download a mosquito surveillance app. Compared to urban dwellers, rural dwellers had 1.56 times the odds of being willing to be trained. There is widespread community support for drone use in mosquito surveillance and this community buy-in suggests a potential for success in mosquito surveillance using drones. A successful surveillance and community engagement system may be used to monitor a variety of mosquito spp. Future research should include qualitative interview data to add context to these findings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Research Council of Norway [Grant No:281 077] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aedes mosquito; Drones; Mobile app; Mosquito surveillance; Rapid alert system; Unmanned aerial vehicles |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Social & Preventive Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2023 03:06 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2023 03:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41941 |
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