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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Research

Influences of Community Interventions on Zika Prevention Behaviors of Pregnant Women, Puerto Rico, July 2016–June 20171

Giulia Earle-RichardsonComments to Author , Christine Prue, Khadija Turay, and Dana Thomas
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Main Article

Table 5

Zika home protection behaviors among pregnant women, by exposure to 4 interventions, Puerto Rico, July 2016–June 2017*

Behavior Samples, % (no.) Received WIC Zika orientation
 Received ZPK
 Exposed to Detén el Zika campaign
 Offered free home spraying
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
Removing (or covering) standing water*
  Removed standing water in past week 90.3 (531) 90.5 87.2 91.8 85.5 93.9 85.6 91.3 90.2
  Has not in past week; reports action generally 1.2 (7) 1.1 2.6 0.9 2.2 1.3 1.2 1.9 0.8
  Has not in past week; does report action generally 8.5 (50) 8.4 10.3 7.3 12.3 4.7 13.2 6.8 9.0
  Total no. 588 546 39 438 138 297 243 377 206
  p value
0.516
0.032
0.001
0.637
Spraying home (or yard) for mosquitoes
Sprayed for mosquitoes (self or service) 43.1 (569) 43.7 33.7 44.4 37.7 42.6 43.2 82.3 22.9
No home spraying 56.9 (752) 56.3 66.3 55.6 62.3 57.4 56.8 17.7 77.1
Total no. 1,321 1,222 95 971 321 615 595 446 873
p value
0.058
0.036
0.835
<0.001
Larvicide application†
Has applied larvicide around home (self or family) 31.3 (308) 24.2 10.8 40.5 7.9 30.0 32.9 20.1 37.3
Never applied larvicide around home (self or family) 68.7 (675) 75.8 89.2 59.5 92.1 70.0 67.1 79.9 62.7
Total no. 983 1,229 93 708 253 476 423 334 641
p value
0.002
<0.001
0.364
<0.001
Installing window or door screens
Reports putting screens on windows, doors 17.8 (236) 17.4 22.1 17.6 18.5 18.0 18.7 18.1 17.5
Does not report putting screens on windows, doors 82.2 (1,093) 82.6 77.9 82.4 81.5 82.0 81.3 81.9 82.5
Total no. 1,329 1,230 95 976 324 616 600 448 873
p value 0.247 0.715 0.771 0.803

*All data indicate percentages unless otherwise indicated. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05 by Mann-Whitney U nonparametric test) are shown in boldface. WIC, Women, Infants, and Children Program (US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service); ZPK, Zika prevention kit.
†Among those having yards for which they are responsible, and where water was present.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented as a poster presentation at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 29, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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