Psychosocial variables associated to housing conditions colonized by the vector of Chagas' disease
González-Tellez, S.; Phelan, M.
Acta Cientifica Venezolana 41(2): 122-129
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5504 PMID: 2135561 Document Number: 359159
The Venezuelan unfinished housing that prevails in the rural areas (palm roof and unfinished walls) is the main factor for the settlement of the Chagas' Disease vector in the country. This research had as principal objective: to explore the social behavior variable that maintain housing in such condition. It was carried out in the Municipality of Tinaquillo, Cojedes State, an endemic zone of this disease. The research was based on a previous study on the same subject. The sample used in that study was revised and improved and the analysis methods were changed. A rural sample was obtained applying the following technics: multivariable analysis, factorial analysis of multiple correspondence and cluster analysis. The results show the existence of four social behavioral types which are associated to the housing condition. The 2/4 group represents a majority group (55.93% of the individuals). In this group the reinitiation of the disease transmission cycle is more feasible due to the existence of a higher number of negative conditions, objective and subjective, associated to the unfinished housing.