Survey of awareness rate of core knowledge of prevention and treatment of leprosy among residents in Jiangqiao Community of Shanghai
Objective:To understand the awareness of leprosy core knowledge among the residents of Jiangqiao Community,Shanghai,and to provide basis for development of health education and health promotion of leprosy.Methods:A total of 225 residents were investigated by the method of accidental sampling,among them there were 131 males,accounting for 58.22%,and 94 females,accounting for 41.78%,and the awareness of investigated subjects on leprosy core knowledge was evaluated.Results:A total of 225 residents were investigated,the overall awareness rate of leprosy core knowledge was 64.57%,and the awareness rate of single leprosy core knowledge was between 40.89%-90.22%,and the basic awareness rate of leprosy core knowledge was 52.00%;the residents of females,age under 39 years and the senior high school education level had high score of awareness of the leprosy core knowledge,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).The main ways of acquiring leprosy core knowledge were publicity activities(79.56%),publicity materials(70.22%)and doctor consultation(45.33%),however,43 respondents(19.11%)had never been exposed to the leprosy core knowledge.Conclusion:There is still a gap to the goals required by national planning of awareness rate of leprosy core knowledge among residents Jiangqiao Community,Shanghai,and the way of acquiring leprosy core knowledge is simple.Through adjusting the contents of publicity,adding new media,social platforms and other media tools,the personalized health education activities should be carried out to increase the coverage of information and improve the awareness level of residents on leprosy core knowledge in the residents.
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