Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Zoonotic Risk Perception of Bovine Q Fever (Coxiella burnetii) among Cattle Farmers and Veterinary Personnel in Northern Regions of Cameroon.

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Author	Zangue, Camille Teitsa Kouamo, Justin Ngoula, Ferdinand Tawali, Ludovic Pépin M’bapté Ndebé, Moustapha Mohamed Fokom Somnjom, Dinayen Edwin Nguena, Ranyl Noumedem Guefack Mouiche, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom
Editor	Marenzoni, Maria Luisa
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	A cross-sectional survey was conducted to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, practices and zoonotic risk perception of Q fever among 484 selected cattle farmers (438) and veterinary personnel (46) in three northern regions of Cameroon. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and responses were recoded into binary scale. An ANOVA test was used to assess significant differences in mean knowledge, attitude, practice and zoonotic risk perception (KAPP) scores between regions, while Linear regression was done to explore the relationship between demographic characteristic and KAPP. Overall, surveyed had low mean scores for knowledge (0.02 ± 0.11), desirable attitude (0.30 ± 0.16), appropriate practice (0.43 ± 0.13) and negative perception of zoonotic risks (0.05 ± 0.11). The means knowledge, attitude, practice and risks perception scores of cattle farmers were lower than those of veterinary personnel. The nature of respondent was negatively associated to knowledge and risks perception, while regions were negatively correlated to attitude and practice. These results revealed significant knowledge gaps, low levels of desired attitudes, and high-risk behavioral practices. To improve awareness, control programs are needed to update knowledge on medical personnel and to prevent animal-to-human transmission.
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Volume Number	3
DOI	10.3390/epidemiologia3040036
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9680217
Issue Number	4
PubMed reference number	36416792
Journal	Epidemiologia [Epidemiologia (Basel)]
e-ISSN	26733986
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2022-10-26
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2022 by the authors.
Subject Keyword	bovine Q fever cattle farmers veterinary personnel Cameroon
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Epidemiology