关于埃塞俄比亚吉马地区瘤病的社区知识,看法和预防实践,形成性的混合研究,埃塞俄比亚
Daba Abdissa1, Yohannes Kebede2, Morankar Sudhakar2
1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases
|March 13, 2024
概括
社区对埃塞俄比亚瘤病的认识和预防实践很低. 提高有关传播,后果和预防的知识对于有效的控制和消除工作至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 热带医学 热带医学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 瘤是埃塞俄比亚普遍存在的被忽视的热带疾病.
- 控制努力包括大规模药物管理和社区行为变化.
- 这项研究调查了吉玛区的社区意识,观念和做法.
研究的目的:
- 评估在流行性社区对瘤病的认识水平,风险感知和预防实践.
- 识别与全面知识和预防行为相关的因素.
- 为消除瘤病提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 一个以社区为基础的横截面研究,用定性方法进行三角化.
- 数据收集涉及结构化问卷和焦点小组讨论/关键告密者采访.
- 后勤回归和Kruskal-Wallis/Mann-Whitney测试被用于定量分析.
主要成果:
- 在48.8%的人口中发现了足够的综合知识.
- 18.7%的人报告高风险感知,46.9%的人报告预防性做法.
- 了解传播,后果和预防措施的知识显著预测了预防实践.
结论:
- 社区对瘤病的知识,看法和做法是不够的.
- 风险感知与全面的知识有关,而详细的知识对于预防实践至关重要.
- 提高社区知识是有效的瘤瘤病预防和消除策略的必要条件.
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