Department of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2022 Feb 8;10:718592. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.718592. eCollection 2022.
The objective of this study is to get the overall picture about the knowledge of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases in public in Guangzhou and provide a scientific basis for developing health information strategies.
We used the structured questionnaire to interview 1,000 Guangzhou residents by health enquiry hotline. Descriptive analysis was presented to evaluate the knowledge of the participants. Multiple logistic regression model was performed to determine the influence factors for knowledge of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
A total of 801 individuals completed the survey. About one-third had heard of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and Zika, whereas Ebola and plague about 50%. A total of 32.08% participants had never heard of any of the four diseases. Only 2.08% knew the sexual transmission of Zika and 90.17% had no idea about the epidemic region of plague. No more than 15% knew they should check their health status after returning from the epidemic region. Education level and income were the key factors that influenced knowledge rate.
The low-level knowledge called for the improvement in health information to the public, especially those with low level of education and income. Effective and precise health information was urged to carry out to improve the prevention for the emerging and reemerging infectious diseases.
本研究旨在了解广州市公众对新发和再发传染病知识的总体情况，为制定卫生信息策略提供科学依据。
我们通过健康咨询热线对 1000 名广州居民进行了结构化问卷调查。采用描述性分析评估参与者的知识水平。采用多因素 logistic 回归模型确定影响新发和再发传染病知识的因素。
共有 801 人完成了调查。约三分之一的人听说过中东呼吸综合征（MERS）和寨卡病毒，而听说过埃博拉病毒和鼠疫的人约占 50%。共有 32.08%的参与者从未听说过这四种疾病中的任何一种。只有 2.08%的人知道寨卡病毒的性传播方式，90.17%的人不知道鼠疫的流行地区。不到 15%的人知道他们应该在从疫区返回后检查自己的健康状况。教育程度和收入是影响知晓率的关键因素。
低水平的知识呼吁向公众，特别是那些教育程度和收入较低的人群，提高卫生信息水平。应开展有效和准确的卫生信息传播，以提高对新发和再发传染病的预防。
