Integrated Social-Behavioral and Ecological Risk Maps to Prioritize Local Public Health Responses to Lyme Disease.

Author:

Bouchard, C, Aenishaenslin, C, Rees, EE, Koffi, JK, Pelcat, Y, Ripoche, M, Milord, F, Lindsay, LR, Ogden, NH, and Leighton, PA

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2018-04

Journal/Series title:

Environ Health Perspect

Volume:

126

Issue:

URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29671475

Abstract:

Social survey data are a valuable but underutilized source of information for understanding regional variation in LD exposure, and integrating this information into risk maps provides a novel approach for prioritizing and adapting interventions to the local characteristics of target populations.