Ratnaike R N, Collings M T, Ratnaike S K, Brogan R M, Gibbs A
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia.
Eur J Epidemiol. 1988 Dec;4(4):451-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00146397.
This study was carried out in an Australian Aboriginal community in South Australia on the knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to diarrhoeal disease. Suggestions were sought on appropriate interventions. Dietary causes (including alcohol), factors relating to drinking water, poor environmental hygiene, infective agents and teething were considered by community member to be important in the causation of diarrhoea. Poor personal and domestic hygiene, and the lack of adequate bathing, toilet and laundry facilities were not considered to be important contributory factors. This may reflect the Aboriginal view of hygiene derived from many years of desert living as nomadic hunter-gatherers. The study provides valuable information to enable the selection of appropriate interventions for the control of diarrhoeal disease in this community.
这项研究在南澳大利亚的一个澳大利亚原住民社区开展，涉及与腹泻病相关的知识、态度和行为。研究就适当的干预措施征求了建议。社区成员认为饮食原因（包括酒精）、与饮用水相关的因素、环境卫生差、传染源和出牙在腹泻病因中很重要。个人和家庭卫生差以及缺乏充足的洗浴、厕所和洗衣设施未被视为重要的促成因素。这可能反映了原住民从多年游牧狩猎采集的沙漠生活中形成的卫生观念。该研究提供了宝贵信息，有助于为该社区控制腹泻病选择适当的干预措施。
