Investigation on awareness rates of malaria prevention knowledge among residents and students in Huai'an District, Huai'an City

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Ren Su-Min, Tang Zhao-Wu

Abstract

To understand the awareness status on malaria control knowledge of residents, primary and middle school students in Huai'an District, Huai'an City, so as to provide the evidences for promoting the malaria elimination process in this district. Three towns in Huai'an District were selected randomly, and one village, one primary school and one junior middle school in each town were chosen as the investigation sites. The residents over 18 years old, the primary school students in Grade 4 to 6, and the junior middle students in the investigation sites were investigated by questionnaires to understand their awareness status on knowledge of malaria control. Totally 305 residents and 618 students were investigated. The awareness rate of students was 89.97%, and the rates of the junior middle school students and primary school students were 85.94% and 94.10%, respectively, the difference between them was statistically significant (P<0.01). The awareness rate of the residents was 80.98%, which was lower than that of the students (P<0.05). For the students, the awareness rate on "precaution of malaria" (96.74%) was the highest, while that on "drug of malaria" (68.93%) was the lowest. For the residents, the rate on "transmission route of m...Continue Reading

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