@phdthesis{theses_frw2343,
          author = {J. Elsinga and H.T. Van der Veen},
           title = {Community participation in mosquito control: a community based, multidisciplinary mixed methods approach in Curacao},
            year = {2017},
        abstract = {As dengue, chikungunya and Zika emerge in the Americas, so does the need for sustainable vector control policies. The study highlights three possible ways of improving community participation in mosquito breeding site control (MBC). First, it highlights the need for ongoing media coverage, based on communities? lived realities. Second, it shows a two-directional influence of governments? policies on communities? actions, which should be addressed in campaigns. Third, the presence of stakeholders in communities, which could be engaged in mosquito control policies to improve MBC in neighbourhoods, is described. This study reveals gaps between policy and communities? lived realities. These gaps might be overcome with the proposed interventions, resulting in higher performance of MBC of the community in Curacao. Media sources can communicate the need of community participation in MBC and practical information about individual  MBC. Neighbourhood stakeholders can open the collaborative dialogue about beliefs, attitudes and practices in individual MBC.},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/2343/}
}