Use of insect repellent as personal protection among women of childbearing age in an arbovirus endemic area in Northeastern Brazil.
Livia Karla Sales DiasCarlos Erasmo Sanhueza SanzanaFrancisco Marto Pinheiro Leal JúniorAdriano Ferreira MartinsFrancisco Gustavo Silveira CorreiaItalo Wesley Oliveira de AguiarNayane Cavalcante FerreiraJeni A StolowGeorge W RutherfordMaria da Gloria TeixeiraRoberto Da Justa Pires NetoRosa Livia Freitas de AlmeidaIvo Castelo Branco CoelhoCristiane Cunha FrotaBernard Carl KendallLigia Regina Franco Sansigolo KerrPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2024)
The use of insect repellent among women of childbearing age was associated with a higher level of education, employment, guidance on insect repellent provided by healthcare professionals and the media, behavioral changes to protect against mosquitoes during the Zika virus epidemic, and pregnancy when occurring as of the beginning of the epidemic period.