Survey of prevention knowledge and behavior of echinococcosis and influencing factors in residents in agricultural and pastoral areas of Maerkang City

Zhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control
Wang Rui-OuMa Xiao

Abstract

To master the prevention knowledge and behavior of echinococcosis and the influencing factors in residents in agricultural and pastoral areas of Maerkang City, so as to provide the reference for formulating the policy and strategy of echinococcosis prevention and control. In April, 2017, 796 residents in agricultural and pastoral areas of Maerkang City were selected by the multi-stage stratified random sampling method, and surveyed with questionnaires. The main questions included the prevention knowledge and related behaviors of echinococcosis. The awareness rate of prevention knowledge of echinococcosis was 70.1% (558/796). The awareness rate was the lowest in the group aged 15 to 25 years. The difference of knowledge awareness rate was statistically significant among the different age groups (χ2 = 16.408, P < 0.01). The knowledge awareness rate of the people with middle school or above educational level was higher than that of the people with primary school or below educational level (χ2 = 4.869, P = 0.027). The knowledge awareness rate of the dog owners was lower than that of the people without a dog (χ2 = 11.384, P = 0.001). The knowledge awareness rate in the people who received the knowledge training of three times or mor...Continue Reading

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