Abstract:

Objective

To understand the knowledge and behaviors of residents in Xichang city,Sichuan province, about the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis japonica in the context of ＂Healthy China＂, in order to provide reference for the ＂14th Five-Year Plan＂ to successfully achieve the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis japonica and timely to carry out health education and popularization.

Methods

A total of 400 people were randomly selected from rural and urban areas of the city by questionnaire, and their knowledge,attitude, belief and behavior were statistically analyzed by SPSS 26.0 software.

Results

The results showed that the overall awareness rate of schistosomiasis japonica among residents in Xichang city, Sichuan province was 39.4%, the overall awareness rate of prevention knowledge was 45.6%, the correct rate of overall belief and attitude was 35.3%, and the correct rate of overall health behavior was 38.2%.

Conclusions

Xichang city, as the prefecture of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, has frequent movement of ethnic minorities and is prone to epidemic prevention dead ends. Relevant departments should continuously improve the cognitive level of residents in Xichang city on schistosomiasis japonica, strengthen risk assessment and personnel behavior research in key areas, adhere to the principles of prevention first, prevention and control combined with comprehensive management,and call on all departments to cooperate together to strengthen comprehensive prevention and control measures including health education, further consolidate the results of comprehensive prevention and control measures based on the control of the source of infection, and strive to achieve the goal of comprehensive elimination of schistosomiasis.

Key words: schistosomiasis, prevention and control measures, Healthy China, KABP survey, behavioral study, awareness rate