›› 2008, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 18-封三.

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Change of Knowledge Rate after Health Education on Visceral Leishmaniasis among Residents in a Township of Kashgar City

Yisilayin OSMAN1,Skander WAYIT1, ZHU Chang-zhong2, TONG Su-xiang1, WU Wei-ping3,Ruziguli JUMAHUN1, Abdu NABIJIAN2, ZHANG Song1, FU Qing3, XU Xiang3

  

  1. 1 Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,Urumqi 830002,China;2 Kashi Prefectural Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Kashi 844000,China;3 National Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai 200025,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-08-30 Published:2008-08-30

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Abstract: Health education activities including distribution of brochures, posters, and lectures were conducted in selected villages of a kala-azar endemic-township, Kashi city of Xinjiang in 2004-2006. Questionnairing was carried out before and after health education in residents and students. The percentage of correctly answering all 5 questions on leish-maniasis in residents and primary/secondary school students increased from 0.7% and 0 to 54.2% and 70.7% respec-tively, indicating that health education can raise public awareness for the disease prevention and control.

Key words: Visceral leishmaniasis, Health Education, Knowledge rate