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The Healthy Living Initiative seeks to build a healthy environment capable of preventing Chagas disease in the province of Loja through a multidisciplinary work with professors and students from several academic units of PUCE (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts; and Faculty of Nursing) and Ohio University.
with professors and students from various academic units of PUCE (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences; Faculty of Architecture, Design and Arts; and Faculty of Nursing) and Ohio University.
The main objective of this project is to propose a sustainable and contextualized model for the control and prevention of Chagas disease in three rural communities in the Calvas canton, Loja province.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Weaving a meaningful place: a participatory evaluation of a rural community center in southern Ecuador
Carrasco Tenezaca, M. J., Grupo Artesanal Los Ceibos, Manos que crean, Whitson, R. & Grijalva Cobo, M. J., 2024, Crafting Community. Essays on Fiber Arts and Belonging. McFarland and Company, Inc, p. 175-194 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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EFFECT OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VENTILATION ON MALARIA MOSQUITO HOUSE ENTRY AND HUMAN COMFORT: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN RURAL GAMBIA: an experimental study in rural Gambia
Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Jawara, M., Lee, D. S. H., Holmes, M. S., Ceesay, S., McCall, P., Pinder, M., D'Alessandro, U., Knudsen, J. B., Lindsay, S. W. & Wilson, A. L., 5 Apr 2023, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 20, 201, 20220794.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Identifying Barriers and Facilitators for Home Reconstruction for Prevention of Chagas Disease: An Interview Study in Rural Loja Province, Ecuador
Bates, B. R., Carrasco-Tenezaca, M., Mendez-Trivino, A. M., Mendoza, L. E., Nieto-Sanchez, C., Baus, E. G. & Grijalva, M. J., Apr 2023, In: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 8, 4, 228.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations
Projects
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DETERMINANTES ECOLÓGICOS Y SOCIO-DEMOGRÁFICOS DE LA INFESTACIÓN DOMICILIARIA POR TRIATOMA CARRIONI EN 3 COMUNIDADES RURALES DEL CANTÓN GONZANAMÁ, LOJA-ECUADOR, DURANTE JULIO DEL 2023, MEDIANTE EL USO DE HERRAMIENTAS DIGITALES
Villacís Salazar, A. G. (Di), Esparza Carate, J. N. (Student), Yumiseva Marín, C. A. (PI) & Grijalva Cobo, M. J. (External)
1/06/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
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ESTRATEGIAS DE SUSTENTACIÓN DEL CONTROL A LARGO PLAZO DE LA ENFERMEDAD DE CHAGAS EN COMUNIDADES RURALES DE LA PROVINCIA DE LOJA: SISTEMA DE VIGILANCIA ENTOMOLÓGICA COMUNITARIA Y JARDINES PRODUCTIVOS
Baus Carrera, E. G. (PI), JIMÉNEZ RIOFRÍO, S. V. (PI), Moncayo Benalcázar, A. L. (PI), Ocaña Mayorga, S. B. (PI), Villacís Salazar, A. G. (PI), Yumiseva Marín, C. A. (PI), Yépez-Reyes, V. (PI) & Grijalva Cobo, M. J. (Di)
14/05/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project