[Effectiveness of an intervention on sharing razors among rural migrant construction workers].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate a behavioral intervention designed to reduce share use of razors among rural migrant workers.


METHODS
A total of 591 rural migrant construction workers in Chengdu were recruited in a randomized controlled trial. Information and skill training was provided to the intervention group to encourage them to refuse share use of razors.


RESULTS
Sixty days after the intervention, 61.38% of workers in the intervention group had refused share use of razors in barber shops, significantly more than those in the control group (22.26%). The odds ratio was 3.647 (95% CI = 2.242, 5.934). The workers in the intervention group showed better knowledge on the concept, transmission and prevention of blood-borne infectious diseases than those in the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
Behavioral intervention is effective in reducing share use of razors in barber shops among rural migrant workers. The intervention may need to be improved for sustaining a long term result.
He
Yi
Y
Chengdu Blood Center, Chengdu 610041, China.
Xi
Yan
Y
Wan
Li-ke
LK
Tian
Li
L
Zhang
Jie
J
Li
Hong
H
Meng
Wen
W
Zhong
Li
L
Li
Xiao-chun
XC
Chen
Xue
X
Lin
Wei
W
Zheng
Jia-shen
JS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006204:Hair Removal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006794:Household Articles / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D055815:Young Adult