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Objective To design and develop new types of health education materials which are suitable for fishermen and boatmen in endemic areas of marshland and lake regions,and to observe their application effects. Methods A total of 292 adult fishmen and boatmen who lived in Houshan Village,Yugan County,the schistosomiasis endemic area of Poyang Lake Re?gion,were selected randomly and investigated by questionnaires to understand the status of their knowledge,attitudes,practic?es on schistosomiasis control as well as the channels for getting information on schistosomiasis control and the materials that they were willing to accept. Then the information and materials suitable for the target population were developed together by the re?searchers and the volunteers of the villagers through focus group discussions,personal interviews and the Delphi method. Re?sults A series of participatory health education materials of schistosomiasis control targeted to the fishmen and boatmen were developed,including 2 live posters,2 picture puzzles,2 short opusculums and one song about schistosomiasis control. The field application showed that 98.97%,84.38%,78.35% and 80.93% of the participants considered those materials had scientificity, intelligibility,interestingness and practicability,respectively. Conclusion The participatory health education materials of schistosomiasis control is suitable for fishmen and boatmen,which can be used for reference by other endemic areas in marsh?land and lake regions.
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BACKGROUND:Autologous fat transplantation has been widely used in soft tissue defect repair and cosmetic surgery, and the 1-year transplant survival rate is 20%-80%. Therefore, the establishment of timely and adequate blood supply at early period after transplantation is very important for the survival of transplanted fat tissues. OBJECTIVE:To observe the proliferation of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cel s transfected with vascular endothelial growth factor 165. METHODS:Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cel s were subcultured in vitro. Recombinant adenovirus carrying vascular endothelial growth factor 165 and blank virus were respectively transferred into adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cel s. Cel s cultured normal y served as blank group. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control and blank groups, the expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor 165 mRNA and protein were higher in the experimental group (P<0.05). Experimental findings suggest that the recombinant adenovirus carrying vascular endothelial growth factor 165 transferred into adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cel s cannot only maintain the expression of target protein but also obviously promote the proliferation of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cel s.