Department of Public Health Administration, All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2010 Oct-Dec;54(4):216-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.77265.
For last few years in the early spring bird flu poses a threat to India. The causative agent H5N1 virus is also getting robust day by day acquiring an ability to cross the species barrier. It is now known as (H5N1) which is emerging as killer virus to man. Although human casualty is yet to be recorded from India, but the threat is not over. The present study had been undertaken in the village of Hakimpur of Singur Block of District Hooghly, West Bengal, with a population 862 of 215 families. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of the study population regarding bird flu and to study their practice regarding poultry maintenance. The head of the family from each family was interviewed. A house to house survey in the census method on a pre-designed, pre-tested, semi-structured schedule was done. Information regarding socio-demographic profile, poultry keeping, correct knowledge about bird flu, mode of transmission, culling, etc was recorded. The data were collected and analyzed by relevant statistical methods. The results showed that 46% respondents knew what bird flu is, 62.8% knew the mode of transmission, and 35.3% knew the procedure of culling. Out of literates about 53% and out of the illiterates only 0.93% were aware of the transmission of the virus through body fluids. The predominant source of information was mass media. 57.14% of the families rearing poultry, kept the birds in shed, 40.48% in cage, and 2.38% in living room.
在过去的几年中，印度早春的禽流感一直是一个威胁。致病因子 H5N1 病毒也在日益强大，获得了跨越物种屏障的能力。现在它被称为（H5N1），它正成为人类的致命病毒。尽管印度尚未记录到人类伤亡，但威胁并未解除。本研究在西孟加拉邦豪格尔利区辛古尔区哈金普尔村进行，人口为 215 户 862 人。该研究的目的是评估研究人群对禽流感的了解程度，并研究他们在禽类饲养方面的实践。对每个家庭的家长进行了访谈。采用预先设计、预先测试的半结构化时间表，以普查方法进行了逐户调查。记录了有关社会人口统计学特征、家禽饲养、对禽流感的正确认识、传播方式、扑杀等方面的信息。收集和分析了数据，采用了相关的统计方法。结果表明，46%的受访者知道什么是禽流感，62.8%知道传播方式，35.3%知道扑杀程序。在受教育者中，约有 53%，而在文盲中，只有 0.93%知道病毒通过体液传播。主要信息来源是大众媒体。57.14%的养禽家庭将鸟类饲养在棚内，40.48%在笼内，2.38%在客厅内。
