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Editor, Senior Moderator
Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi. 2010 Feb;24(1):71-3.
[Study on the knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) among residents in Shuangqiao District, Chengde city]
[Article in Chinese]
Li YC, Zhang XG, Du HF, Yang JM, Zhang WG, Li Y, Zeng Q.
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To understand the the residents' knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) in Shuangqiao District of Chengde city, and provide the basis for making proper strategies of health education, prevention and control on influenza A (H1N1).
METHODS: 211 residents from 1 community and 1 village of Shuangqiao District were selected to participate the questionnaire interview with multi-stage clustering sampling.
RESULTS: 97.6% of the interviewed had received some kind of information on influenza A (H1N1); Total awareness rate of influenza A (H1N1) knowledge was 58.5%, which increased with the level of education and varied among diverse occupations; 48.2% of respondents conceded that their lives was affected by the influenza A ( H1N1) in some degree, and 9% of selected residents believed that there would be a severe pandemicity in this winter, while 7% of respondents didn't consider any form of preventive methods in the future; 78% of respondents expressed their wishes to be vaccinated, but 11.0% of respondents refused to received inoculation explicitly; on the issue of assessment on services provided by governments and health facilities, 93% of respondents expressed their satisfaction hierarchically. Conclusion Residents in Shuangqiao District lacked of comprehensive knowledge of influenza A (H1N1), and some specific health education should be carried out.
PMID: 20848858 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20848858
[Study on the knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) among residents in Shuangqiao District, Chengde city]
[Article in Chinese]
Li YC, Zhang XG, Du HF, Yang JM, Zhang WG, Li Y, Zeng Q.
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To understand the the residents' knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) in Shuangqiao District of Chengde city, and provide the basis for making proper strategies of health education, prevention and control on influenza A (H1N1).
METHODS: 211 residents from 1 community and 1 village of Shuangqiao District were selected to participate the questionnaire interview with multi-stage clustering sampling.
RESULTS: 97.6% of the interviewed had received some kind of information on influenza A (H1N1); Total awareness rate of influenza A (H1N1) knowledge was 58.5%, which increased with the level of education and varied among diverse occupations; 48.2% of respondents conceded that their lives was affected by the influenza A ( H1N1) in some degree, and 9% of selected residents believed that there would be a severe pandemicity in this winter, while 7% of respondents didn't consider any form of preventive methods in the future; 78% of respondents expressed their wishes to be vaccinated, but 11.0% of respondents refused to received inoculation explicitly; on the issue of assessment on services provided by governments and health facilities, 93% of respondents expressed their satisfaction hierarchically. Conclusion Residents in Shuangqiao District lacked of comprehensive knowledge of influenza A (H1N1), and some specific health education should be carried out.
PMID: 20848858 [PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20848858