Investigation on the awareness of the knowledge of syphilis prevention among residents in Humen town of Dongguan city
CHEN You-nian WU Shao-bin LI Guo-qiang
Office of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases,Disease Prevention and Control Center in Humen Town of Dongguan City,Guangdong Province,Dongguan 523900,China
Abstract:ObjectiveTo investigate the awareness of the knowledge of syphilis prevention among residents in Humen town of Dongguan city.MethodsMultistage cluster sampling method was adopted to investigate the urban residents(n=150)and migrant workers(n=150)from March to October 2017.The survey included the basic situation of residents and the awareness of the knowledge of syphilis prevention.ResultsThe accuracy of the questions in the questionnaire of 300 respondents was 35.3%-92.0%,the lowest accuracy item was “syphilis can increase the spread of HIV/AIDS”(35.3%),the highest accuracy item was “syphilis is a venereal disease” (92.0%).The awareness rate for syphilis prevention knowledge of urban residents was 58.00% (87/150),while the awareness rate for syphilis prevention knowledge of floating population was 49.33% (74/150).The awareness rate for syphilis prevention knowledge of urban residents was compared with the floating population,the difference was statistically significant(χ2=2.266,P=0.132).Residents syphilis prevention knowledge acquisition way to select the top three frequency source were respectively:network(23.6%),television (22.1%)and promotion (14.4%),these were the main source of residents to acquir the syphilis prevention knowledge,while the proportion of professional approaches such as doctor consultation(5.6%)and school lecture(2.2%)was low.ConclusionThe awareness rates of the knowledge of syphilis prevention are relatively low in urban residents and migrant workers in Humen town of Dongguan city.Publicity and intervention in various ways should be used to raise the population awareness rate of syphilis prevention knowledge.
陈有年; 巫少彬 ;李国强. 东莞市虎门镇居民梅毒预防知识知晓情况的调查[J]. 中国当代医药, 2018, 25(5): 157-159.
CHEN You-nian ;WU Shao-bin ;LI Guo-qiang. Investigation on the awareness of the knowledge of syphilis prevention among residents in Humen town of Dongguan city. 中国当代医药, 2018, 25(5): 157-159.