Khadayata Vaibhavi, Aggarwal Divya
Department of Academic and Research, International Institute of Health Management Research, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2020 Mar;45(Suppl 1):S16-S20. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_362_19.
Zoonoses are considered as an emerging public health problem. To reduce its prevalence, hygiene of animals as well as personal hygiene during milk production cycle is vital. This study has been conducted in the peri-urban areas of Vadodara district.
The objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAPs) about hygiene among livestock keepers in the peri-urban area.
The study design is cross-sectional descriptive in nature mainly based on pretested questionnaires to answer questions on KAP with regard to hygiene among livestock keepers. A total of 100 livestock keepers were randomly selected from the peri-urban area of Vadodara.
Among the selected respondents, 28% of participants know that disease can transmit from animal to human. The majority 72% of all interviewed respondents had no knowledge that disease can transmit from animal to human. Only 33% livestock keepers had awareness that zoonotic disease can be prevented. Among all livestock keepers interviewed, about 52% showed positive attitude and 48% showed negative attitude toward hygiene. There was positive impact of good socioeconomic status on the practices about hygiene, as majority of livestock keepers with good practices belong to the upper middle group.
This study indicates that education has impact on knowledge about zoonotic disease, its transmission, and how hygiene is important to prevent zoonotic disease. Further, there is a need to increase the awareness about hygiene among livestock keepers with regard to personal, animal, and milk hygiene.
人畜共患病被视为一个新出现的公共卫生问题。为降低其流行率，在牛奶生产周期中动物卫生以及个人卫生至关重要。本研究在瓦多达拉区的城郊地区开展。
目的是评估城郊地区家畜饲养者对卫生的知识、态度和行为（KAP）。
本研究设计本质上是横断面描述性的，主要基于预先测试的问卷来回答关于家畜饲养者卫生方面的KAP问题。从瓦多达拉的城郊地区随机选取了100名家畜饲养者。
在选定的受访者中，28%的参与者知道疾病可从动物传播给人类。所有受访受访者中的大多数（72%）不知道疾病可从动物传播给人类。只有33%的家畜饲养者意识到人畜共患病可以预防。在所有受访的家畜饲养者中，约52%对卫生表现出积极态度，48%表现出消极态度。良好的社会经济地位对卫生行为有积极影响，因为大多数卫生行为良好的家畜饲养者属于中上层群体。
本研究表明，教育对人畜共患病的知识、其传播以及卫生对预防人畜共患病的重要性有影响。此外，有必要提高家畜饲养者对个人、动物和牛奶卫生方面的卫生意识。
