[Investigation on awareness status of malaria control knowledge of primary and secondary school students in Pizhou City].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the awareness status of malaria control knowledge of primary and secondary school students in Pizhou City, so as to. provide a reference for formulating the health education strategy for malaria control.


METHODS
From November to December, 2014, the cross-sectional and random sampling method was used to choose the subjects, and then a questionnaire survey was conducted.


RESULTS
A total of 7,221 students completed the questionnaires and all the questionnaires were effective. The total awareness rate of malaria control knowledge was 58.64%, and 54.31% in primary school students and 63.53% in middle school students, the difference was statistically significant (χ² = 63.05, P < 0.01). There was no statistically significant difference between the male and female students (χ² = 0.20, P > 0.05). Totally 87.30% of students understood what to do if they got malaria, 57.15% understood the transmission route of malaria, and 62.46% understood the symptoms of malaria. However, only 23.74% of the students understood anti-malaria drugs.


CONCLUSIONS
The awareness level of malaria control knowledge of primary and secondary school students in Pizhou City is low. Therefore, the targeted malaria health education activities should be strengthened.
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Liu
Yong
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Xu
Ying
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Zhang
Yun-hong
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Zhang
D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology