%0 Journal Article %A ZHOU Liang-cai %A WU Tai-ping %A LIANG Jian-sheng %A BAO Ji-yong %A TIAN Jun-hua %A CHEN Xiao-min %T Study on intervention effect of health education on rodent control in community %D 2013 %R 10.11853/j.issn.1003.4692.2013.04.016 %J Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control %P 336-339 %V 24 %N 4 %X

Objective To perform various forms of intervention, investigate the effective model and method of health education for rodent control in community, and evaluate the intervention effect, and to provide a basis for proper education measures for rodent control in community. Methods One or two communities were selected from each of 4 subdistricts in Jiang'an district and Jiang'han district of Wuhan, China by stratified cluster sampling; 7 communities were selected, and the residents in the 7 communities were divided into experimental group and control group. The individuals above 18 years of age were selected from each group to undergo knowledge-attitude-practice questionnaire survey. Various health intervention measures were performed on the experimental group. The intervention effect was evaluated by comparison. Results In the experimental group, the proportion of residents with the knowledge of rodent control and related information increased after intervention (P<0.05), and the changes were significant in terms of most items in the questionnaire (P<0.05). The density of rodents, as measured by night trapping method, were 4.5% before intervention and 0.8% after intervention (P<0.01). Conclusion During rodent control in community, various health education activities, as well as management for public environment and active cooperation between people in community, can increase the knowledge of rodent control among residents and in turn improve the effect of rodent control.

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