title: [Effect of comprehensive control and prevention for chronic disease in demonstration plot of Chongqing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of comprehensive control and prevention for chronic diseases in demonstration plot of Chongqing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Residents were enrolled through multi-stage stratified random sampling method from 17 districts or counties which had successfully established demonstration plots and 21 districts or counties which had not established demonstration plots (non-demonstration plot for short) yet on May, 2012. Questionnaire was designed to survey awareness of health knowledge, health behaviors and utilization of health supportive tools. The results were analyzed by SPSS 15.0 software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We investigated 15 108 residents, 6156 of which were in demonstration plot and others (8951) were not. The findings revealed the percentage of the people who were aware the national action of health lifestyle in demonstration plot and in non-demonstration plot were 44.4% (2734/6157) and 40.2% (3598/8951), respectively, and the awareness of the hypertension risk of too much sodium were 72.4% (4458/6156) and 67.5% (6042/8951), respectively, and the awareness of the cardinal vascular disease (CVD) risk of obesity and overweight were 77.2% (4753/6157) and 69.6% (6230/8951), respectively. About the residents' health behaviors in demonstration plot and in non-demonstration plot, the utilization rates of salt restriction scoop or pot were 23.5% (1447/6157) and 17.9% (1602/8951), and the utilization rates of oil restriction pot were 16.7% (1028/6157) and 11.8% (1064/8951), respectively. Totally, 33 of the 37 indexes were shown higher in demonstration plot than that in non-demonstration plot (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The chronic diseases comprehensive control and prevention in demonstration plot was more effective, and the remarkable improvement of health knowledge and behaviors level had been achieved in demonstration plot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing 400042, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xian-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: De-qiang
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Lian-gui
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Yu-lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Chun-hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi-yin
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016635:Universal Precautions; D055815:Young Adult