Authors: Nazmun Nahar, Utpal Kumar Mondal, M. Jahangir Hossain, M. Salah Uddin Khan, Rebeca Sultana, Emily S. Gurley, Stephen P. Luby
Year: 2014
Journal: Glob Health Promot
DOI: 10.1177/1757975914528249
Summary#
The study explores the effectiveness of promoting bamboo skirt preparation and use among sap harvesters in Bangladesh to prevent Nipah virus transmission through date palm sap.
Key Findings#
- 83% in higher-intensity interventions and 65% in lower-intensity interventions prepared and used a bamboo or other material skirt at least once after intervention.
- 15% of gachhis consistently used skirts throughout the sap collection season.
Methodology#
- Study Type: Observational
- Sample Size: 280 person-hours in total
- Geographic Focus: Two villages for higher-intensity intervention and two other villages for lower-intensity intervention, Bangladesh
- Time Period: November 2008 to March 2009
Topics#
Epidemiology, Virology
Relevance#
The study demonstrates the effectiveness of bamboo skirts in preventing Nipah virus transmission and suggests future efforts should focus on developing a low-cost behavior change intervention.