Investigation on knowledge of malaria prevention and control in residents of Suining County / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the status of knowledge of malaria prevention and control in residents of Suining Coun-ty,so as to provide the reference for improving the implementation of malaria elimination. Methods Nine villages in 3 townships (3 villages per township)were randomly selected as the study areas,and 200 residents aged above 15 years of each village were in-vestigated with questionnaire for the knowledge of malaria prevention and control. Results The awareness rates of“malaria trans-mission way”,“main symptoms of malaria”,“life-threatening of falciparum malaria”,“how to treat malaria”,and“how to pre-vent malaria”were 96.27%,95.01%,81.46%,98.19%and 96.27%,respectively. There were no significant differences between the different genders and among the different areas (all P>0.05),but there were significant differences among different age groups(all P<0.05). Conclusion The awareness of malaria prevention and control in residents of Suining County is relatively high,which means the health education is effective.