Using the health belief model to identify communication opportunities to prevent Chagas disease in Southern Ecuador

• Nelson M. Patterson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, International Development Program, Center for International Studies, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

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• Benjamin R. Bates,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, School of Communication Studies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

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• Amy E. Chadwick,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Communication Studies, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

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• Claudia Nieto-Sanchez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Medical Anthropology Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Mario J. Grijalva

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: grijalva@ohio.edu

  Affiliations Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America, Center for Research on Health in Latin America, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1964-1425

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