Shang Q, Zhou H
Institute of Environmental Health and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100050, China.
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 1999 Nov;28(6):339-40.
A survey on the current status of drinking water supply, latrines and the health knowledge of residents in the remote rural areas of the southwest and northwest of China was reported. A stratified cluster sampling method was adopted in the survey. 83 poverty countries and 74,900 families were involved in the survey and four hundred thousands data were obtained by home visiting. The results showed that the coverage of rural latrines, sanitary latrines and safe night-soil disposal in the surveyed regions had reached 90.0%, 6.0% and 25.0% of populations respectively. The coverage of safe-drinking water was 57.6% of homes and no adequate supply of drinking water was 13.2% of homes; Many responders in the survey did not have the knowledge related to intestinal infectious diseases. There were 42.3% of them not knowing that night-soil was the source of infectious diseases, 56.2% of them not knowing that fly could spread infectious diseases and 70.0%-82.7% of them not knowing the ways of spreading intestinal infectious disease.
报道了一项关于中国西南和西北偏远农村地区饮用水供应、厕所及居民健康知识现状的调查。该调查采用分层整群抽样方法。83个贫困县和74900户家庭参与了此次调查，通过入户访问获得了40万条数据。结果显示，被调查地区农村厕所、卫生厕所及安全粪便处理的覆盖率分别达到了90.0%、6.0%和25.0%的人口。安全饮用水的覆盖率为57.6%的家庭，饮用水供应不足的家庭占13.2%；调查中的许多应答者没有肠道传染病相关知识。其中42.3%的人不知道粪便为传染病源，56.2%的人不知道苍蝇能传播传染病，70.0%-82.7%的人不知道肠道传染病的传播途径。
