莱姆病风险感知,疾病知识和风险群体之间的培训
R Walsh1,2, M Gormally1, C Williams3
1Applied Ecology Unit, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
BMC public health
|October 1, 2025
概括
爱尔兰的莱姆病风险感知是中等的,对症状的了解有限,对有风险群体的培训不足. 需要有针对性的运动来提高对这种常见的传播疾病的认识和预防.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 莱姆病 (LB) 是欧洲最常见的传播疾病,在爱尔兰西部的风险可能更高,但区域数据很少.
- 在的息地进行的职业和娱乐活动增加了对莱姆病的暴露风险.
- 这项研究提供了关于爱尔兰风险人群莱姆病感知,知识和培训的基线数据.
研究的目的:
- 评估在爱尔兰的风险人群中感知到莱姆病 (LB) 的风险.
- 评估对LB症状和高风险息地的知识.
- 确定风险群体接受的关于LB预防的培训程度.
主要方法:
- 通过在线问卷调查,在爱尔兰调查了443名处于风险阶段的个人,了解与LB相关的风险,知识和培训.
- 数据分析使用IBM SPSS统计数据版本 29.0.1.0.0.进行.
主要成果:
- 报告的感知风险中等 (中位数为3/5),尽管存在不同的环境风险,但没有地理差异.
- 77%的受访者认为林地/灌木是高风险息地;然而,只有48%的人能够描述特征性的红斑.
- 增加的风险感知与更好地识别风险息地和早期症状相关,但培训是最小的 (职业中位数为2/5,休1/5).
结论:
- 调查结果凸显了爱尔兰需要加强风险沟通策略和有针对性的培训计划,以解决莱姆病病的知识差距.
- 这项研究强调了改善对传播疾病的风险人群的宣传活动的重要性.
- 讨论了关于莱姆病病预防和控制的国际研究的影响.
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