Liao Qiuyan, Lam Wendy Wing Tak, Bich Tran Huu, Dang Vu Trung, Fielding Richard
Behavioural Health Division, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2014 Apr 15;8(4):526-34. doi: 10.3855/jidc.3545.
Live poultry exposure and risk behaviors are more prevalent in rural communities, increasing the risk of influenza A/H5N1 infection. We examined the economic and socio-cultural influences on poultry-related practices by comparing the poultry-related practices among Vietnamese and Thai rural residents by family income and consumption preference.
Stratified cluster sampling was performed to select households. Within each household, one adult was randomly selected for a face-to-face interview in five Vietnamese and five Thai rural districts. Using a standardized questionnaire to assess domestic poultry husbandry, live poultry purchase, and demographics, logistic regression enabled comparisons of behaviors related to live poultry exposure and examination of associated factors.
Among 994 Vietnamese and 907 Thai rural residents, live poultry exposure (prevalence of raising poultry, improper handling of sick or dead poultry, touching live poultry before buying, and slaughtering poultry at home) was more prevalent among Vietnamese than Thai respondents. After adjusting for other demographics, respondents with higher family incomes were less likely to rear backyard poultry in both Vietnam and Thailand, and with more likely to buy live poultry in Vietnam, but not in Thailand. Consumption preference for live poultry was associated with being more likely to rear backyard poultry in Vietnam and Thailand, and with being more likely to buy live poultry in Thailand, but not in Vietnam.
The findings suggest important roles of economic imperatives and cultural preference for live poultry for consumption in supporting poultry rearing and live poultry purchase among rural residents.
在农村社区，接触活禽及相关风险行为更为普遍，这增加了甲型H5N1流感感染风险。我们通过比较越南和泰国农村居民按家庭收入及消费偏好划分的与家禽相关的行为，研究了经济和社会文化对家禽相关行为的影响。
采用分层整群抽样选取家庭。在越南和泰国的五个农村地区，从每个家庭中随机挑选一名成年人进行面对面访谈。使用标准化问卷评估家庭家禽饲养、活禽购买及人口统计学特征，通过逻辑回归比较与接触活禽相关的行为并检查相关因素。
在994名越南农村居民和907名泰国农村居民中，越南受访者接触活禽（饲养家禽、对病禽或死禽处理不当、购买前触摸活禽以及在家屠宰家禽的发生率）比泰国受访者更为普遍。在调整其他人口统计学因素后，越南和泰国中家庭收入较高的受访者饲养后院家禽的可能性较小，在越南，家庭收入较高者购买活禽的可能性更大，但在泰国并非如此。对活禽的消费偏好与越南和泰国饲养后院家禽的可能性增加相关，与在泰国购买活禽的可能性增加相关，但在越南并非如此。
研究结果表明，经济因素和对食用活禽的文化偏好对于农村居民饲养家禽和购买活禽具有重要作用。
