[Study on the knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) among residents in Shuangqiao District, Chengde city].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the the residents' knowledge, behavior and attitude of influenza A (H1N1) in Shuangqiao District of Chengde city, and provide the basis for making proper strategies of health education, prevention and control on influenza A (H1N1).


METHODS
211 residents from 1 community and 1 village of Shuangqiao District were selected to participate the questionnaire interview with multi-stage clustering sampling.


RESULTS
97.6% of the interviewed had received some kind of information on influenza A (H1N1); Total awareness rate of influenza A (H1N1) knowledge was 58.5%, which increased with the level of education and varied among diverse occupations; 48.2% of respondents conceded that their lives was affected by the influenza A ( H1N1) in some degree, and 9% of selected residents believed that there would be a severe pandemicity in this winter, while 7% of respondents didn't consider any form of preventive methods in the future; 78% of respondents expressed their wishes to be vaccinated, but 11.0% of respondents refused to received inoculation explicitly; on the issue of assessment on services provided by governments and health facilities, 93% of respondents expressed their satisfaction hierarchically. Conclusion Residents in Shuangqiao District lacked of comprehensive knowledge of influenza A (H1N1), and some specific health education should be carried out.
Li
Yi-Chong
YC
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Zhang
Xiao-Guang
XG
Du
Hui-Fang
HF
Yang
Jing-Ming
JM
Zhang
Wei-Guang
WG
Li
Yan
Y
Zeng
Qiang
Q
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult