Building Programs to Eradicate Toxoplasmosis Part II: Education.
Mariangela Soberón FelínKanix WangAliya MoreiraAndrew GroseKaren LeahyYing ZhouFatima Alibana ClouserMaryam SiddiquiNicole LeongPerpetua GoodallMorgan MichalowskiMahmoud IsmailMonica ChristmasStephen SchrantzZuleima CaballeroXimena NoreroDora EstripeautDavid EllisCatalina RaggiCatherine CastroClaudia Rengifo-HerreraDavina MoossazadehMargarita RamirezAbhinav PandeyKevin AshiSamantha DovginAshtyn DixonXuan LiIan BegemanSharon HeichmanJoseph LykinsDelba Villalobos-CerrudLorena FabregaJosé Luis Sanchez MontalvoConnie MendivilMario R QuijadaSilvia Fernández-PirlaValli de La GuardiaDigna WongMayrene Ladrón de GuevaraCarlos FloresJovanna BoraceAnabel GarcíaNatividad CaballeroMaria Theresa Moreno de SaezMichael PolitisStephanie RossMimansa DograVishan DhamsaniaNicholas GravesMarci KirchbergKopal MathurAshley AueCarlos M RestrepoAlejandro LlanesGerman GuzmanArturo RebellonKenneth BoyerPeter HeydemannA Gwendolyn NobleCharles SwisherPeter RabiahShawn WithersTeri HullDavid FrimDavid McLoneChunlei SuMichael BlairPaul LatkanyErnest MuiDaniel Vitor Vasconcelos-SantosAlcibiades VillarealAmbar PerezCarlos Andrés Naranjo GalvisMónica Vargas MontesNestor Ivan Cardona PerezMorgan RamirezCy ChittendenEdward WangLaura Lorena Garcia-LópezJuliana Muñoz-OrtizNicolás Rivera-ValdiviaMaría Cristina Bohorquez-GranadosGabriela Castaño de-la-TorreGuillermo PadrieuJuan David Valencia HernandezDaniel Celis-GiraldoJohn Alejandro Acosta DávilaElizabeth TorresManuela Mejia OquendoJosé Y Arteaga-RiveraDan L NicolaeAndrey RzhetskyNancy RoizenEileen StillwaggonLarry SawersFrancois PeyronMartine WallonEmanuelle ChapeyPauline LevigneCarmen CharterMigdalia De FriasJose MontoyaCindy PressRaymund RamirezDespina Contopoulos-IoannidisYvonne MaldonadoOliver LiesenfeldCarlos GomezKelsey WheelerSamantha ZeharJames McAuleyDenis LimonneSandrine HouzeSylvie AbrahamRaphael PiarrouxVera TesicKathleen BeavisAna AbeledaMari SautterBouchra El MansouriAdlaoui El BachirFatima AmarirKamal El BissatiEllen HolfelsRichard PennWilliam CohenAlejandra de-la-TorreGabrielle BrittonJorge MottaEduardo Ortega-BarriaIsabel Luz RomeroPaul MeierMichael GriggJorge Gómez-MarínJagannatha Rao KosagisharafXavier Sáez LlorensOsvaldo ReyesRima McLeodPublished in: Current pediatrics reports (2022)
Educational programs for high school students, pregnant women, medical students and professionals, scientists, and lay personnel were created. In most settings, short-term effects were evaluated. In Panama, Colombia, and USA, all materials showed short-term utility in transmitting information to learners. These educational materials can serve as a component of larger public health programs to lower disease burden from congenital toxoplasmosis. Future priorities include conducting robust longitudinal studies of whether education correlates with reduced adverse disease outcomes, modifying educational materials as new information regarding region-specific risk factors is discovered, and ensuring materials are widely accessible.