Assessoria de Comunicação, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Oct;30(4):335-41.
Evaluate knowledge of rubella and acceptability of vaccination and identify sources of health information among brazilian adults to inform communication strategies for a national vaccination campaign to eliminate rubella and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS).
From 5-8 July 2008 a qualitative telephone survey was conducted among a nonprobabilistic sample of brazilian adults 18 to 65 years of age (n = 1 023) from all five geographic regions of Brazil to measure knowledge of rubella and willingness to receive the vaccine and to identify sources of health information. Frequencies of responses were stratified by respondents' sex, age, education, and income.
Although 69.9% of respondents said they knew what rubella was, actual knowledge of the disease was limited, with only 29.9% answering affirmatively when asked if they would recognize symptoms of rubella infection. Self-reported knowledge increased with increasing age, education, and income, and was higher among women than men. A total of 94.5% of the respondents expressed willingness to be vaccinated for rubella elimination. The most frequently mentioned sources of health information were television and doctors.
Despite limited knowledge of rubella, brazilian adults expressed willingness to be vaccinated for disease elimination.
评估巴西成年人对风疹的知识了解程度和疫苗接种的可接受性，并确定其获取健康信息的来源，以为全国消除风疹和先天性风疹综合征（CRS）的疫苗接种运动提供沟通策略。
2008 年 7 月 5 日至 8 日，采用非概率抽样方法，对巴西五个地理区域 18 至 65 岁的 1023 名成年人进行了一项定性电话调查，以评估其对风疹的知识了解程度、接种疫苗的意愿，并确定健康信息的来源。按受访者的性别、年龄、教育和收入对回答进行分层，计算其频率。
尽管 69.9%的受访者表示知道风疹是什么，但他们对该病的实际了解程度有限，只有 29.9%的人在被问及是否会识别出风疹感染的症状时做出肯定回答。自我报告的知识随着年龄、教育和收入的增加而增加，且女性高于男性。共有 94.5%的受访者表示愿意接种风疹疫苗以消除该疾病。被提及最多的健康信息来源是电视和医生。
尽管巴西成年人对风疹的了解程度有限，但他们表示愿意接种疫苗以消除该疾病。
