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Towards sustainable management of arboviral diseases
Elsinga, Jelte
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Publication date: 2018
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Elsinga, J. (2018). Towards sustainable management of arboviral diseases: A multidisciplinary mixed-methods approach in Curaçao and Venezuela. University of Groningen.
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Stellingen behorende bij het proefschrift:
Towards sustainable management of arboviral diseases
1. Health is a crown that the healthy wear but only the ill perceive. - Arabian proverb
2. If dengue disease could be earlier recognized by people, this can promote prompt healthcare seeking (this thesis) and lower the severity and mortality of dengue disease.
3. People in Venezuela face various barriers to access necessary care as the healthcare system further deteriorates. – This thesis
4. Without timely information, people will shape their health knowledge of diseases based on their observations. – This thesis 5. Interdisciplinary mixed methods research based on health behaviour
theory will reveal valuable and applicable information for health policies targeting arboviral diseases. – This thesis
6. Chikungunya causes long-term impact on physical and emotional quality of life. – This thesis
7. Long-term chikungunya sequelae can be classified in ‘recovered’, ‘mildly affected’ and ‘highly affected’ – This thesis
8. Coping emotionally with the consequences of chikungunya better than relentlessly searching for alternate remedies. – This thesis 9. A preceding dengue infection might influence long-term chikungunya
disease negatively. – This thesis
