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Thirteen cats and 7 dogs living in 14 homes were treated topically with either a dinotefuran (22%, w/w)/pyriproxyfen (3.00%, w/w) (DP) or dinotefuran (4.95%, w/w)/pyriproxyfen (0.44%, w/w)/permethrin (36.08%, w/w) (DPP) topical spot-on, respectively. Twenty cats and 7 dogs living in 16 homes were treated topically with either a fipronil (9.8%, w/w)/(S)-methoprene (11.8%, w/w) or fipronil (9.8%, w/w)/(S)-methoprene (8.8%, w/w) topical spot-on (FM), respectively. All products were applied according to label directions by study investigators on day 0 and again between days 28 and 30. Flea populations on pets were assessed using visual area counts and premise flea infestations were assessed using intermittent-light flea traps on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28-30, 40-45, and 54-60. A single application of the DP-DPP and FM formations reduced flea populations by 87.35% and 88.44%, respectively within 7 days. Following two monthly applications of either the DP-DPP or FM formulations, pet flea burdens were reduced by 95.24% and 95.47%, respectively. Flea numbers in the indoor-premises were also markedly reduced by days 54-60, with 98.05% and 96.15% reductions in intermittent-light flea trap counts in the DP-DPP or FM treatment groups, respectively.
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Doenças do Gato/prevenção & controle , Doenças do Cão/prevenção & controle , Infestações por Pulgas/veterinária , Inseticidas/uso terapêutico , Administração Tópica , Animais , Doenças do Gato/epidemiologia , Gatos , Doenças do Cão/epidemiologia , Cães , Infestações por Pulgas/epidemiologia , Infestações por Pulgas/prevenção & controle , Florida/epidemiologia , Guanidinas/administração & dosagem , Guanidinas/uso terapêutico , Habitação , Inseticidas/administração & dosagem , Metoprene/administração & dosagem , Metoprene/uso terapêutico , Neonicotinoides , Nitrocompostos/administração & dosagem , Nitrocompostos/uso terapêutico , Permetrina/administração & dosagem , Permetrina/uso terapêutico , Animais de Estimação , Pirazóis/administração & dosagem , Pirazóis/uso terapêutico , Piridinas/administração & dosagem , Piridinas/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
This paper applies concepts and methods developed in management to translate efficacious prevention programs into effective prevention services. The paper describes Quality Function Deployment (QFD) as a method for structured planning and development that connects the needs and wants of the consumer with the design of the product or service. The paper describes basic tools used in quality management, and discusses how they might be applied to prepare a prevention program for implementation by community agencies. Prevention programs are conceptualized as having multiple consumers (i.e., stakeholders), including the participants who receive the service, the service providers, the organizations that deliver the program, and the researchers who evaluate the programs. As an illustration of one step in the application of QFD to translate efficacious prevention programs into effective prevention services, analysis of the needs and preferences of Family Courts for the implementation of an the New Beginnings Program is presented.
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Serviços Preventivos de Saúde/organização & administração , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Gestão da Qualidade Total/métodos , Redes Comunitárias , Divórcio , Relações Pais-Filho , Serviços Preventivos de Saúde/normas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Estados UnidosRESUMO
A Prevention Service Development Model (PSDM) is presented as an approach to develop, prevention programs that are both effective and that are readily adopted for implementation in community settings. The model is an integration of concepts and methods from two fields, prevention research and marketing research as applied to new service development. Questions that are posed at each stage of the PSDM are described. Studies from the development of two preventive interventions are presented to illustrate research at several of the stages of the model.