绵阳市公众传染病认知水平与预防意识调查

Investigation of Awareness Level on Preventing Infectious Diseases for People in Mianyang City

目的了解绵阳市城乡公众应对灾害事件知识与技能的现状,为制定相关的策略和政策提供科学依据。方法采用多阶段系统抽样方法,抽取绵阳市18岁及以上居民1994名进行问卷调查。结果关心本地区传染病发病情况的占95.2%,通过电视获得本地区传染病发病信息的占60.4%。对不随地吐痰、勤通风、不到人群密集场所能预防呼吸道疾病的知晓率分别为83.7%、87.6%、88.5%;对勤洗手、生熟食物分开保存和加工、不随地大小便能预防消化道传染病的知晓率分别在89.7%、91.8%、80.7%。结论公众越来越关注传染病引发的突发公共卫生事件,对传染病的一般预防措施有一定了解,但对具体病种防控方法的了解尚有待加强。

Objective To learn the current situation of rural and urban people’s knowledge and skills to cope with the sanitation emergency disaster in Mianyang city. Methods By multi-stage systematic sampling, 1,994 persons above 18 years old were selected and investigated with questionnaire. Results 95.2% people did take care about local situation of infectious diseases. 60.4% people got the information of infectious diseases through TV broadcast. The knowledge rates of preventing respiratory diseases through no spit in public, ventilating rooms, and avoiding to squash in dense public places were 83.7%, 87.6% and 88.5% respectively. The knowledge rates of preventing gastrointestinal diseases by washing hand, processing and storing raw and cooked food separately, not relieving the bowels anywhere at will were 89.7%, 91.8% and 80.7% respectively. Conclusion People are more concerned about infectious diseases and other sanitation emergencies. They have learned about some preventive measures. But the communication of specific methods to prevent infectious diseases should be strengthened for residents.