Investigation on unhealthy related behaviors of echinococcosis patients in Garzê Prefecture,Sichuan Province / 中国血吸虫病防治杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the unhealthy related behaviors of echinococcosis patients in Tibetan region in Sich-uan Province,so as to provide the references for the health education of echinococcosis.Methods The echinococcosis patients who were registered in the Tibetan region in Sichuan Province were selected as target population. The basic situation and un-healthy related behaviors of them were surveyed by individual interviews.Results Totally 368 echinococcosis patients were in-vestigated.The proportion of patients who lived with dogs was 53.3%,who did not wash hands before meals was 23.4%,who ate raw food was 15.5%,who fed dogs with diseased livestock visceral organs was 9.8%,who drank unboiled water was 8.7%,and who played with dogs was 5.4%.The proportion of nomads'unhygienic behaviors was higher than that of sedentary residents'un-hygienic behaviors.The proportion of playing with dogs and feeding dogs with diseased livestock visceral organsin students was higher than that in nomads.Conclusion There are some unhealthy related behaviors in echinococcosis patients in Garzê Prefec-ture,and the different health education modes for echinococcosis patients with different characteristics should be applied.