Objective: To understand the status of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on foodborne parasitic diseases and the influencing factors among college students in Wuhu City, so as to provide the evidence for the development of strategies on health education.
Methods: A total of 1 685 college students from five colleges were selected through the randomly stratified cluster sampling method, and then they were investigated by questionnaires to understand their KAP on foodborne parasitic diseases. Chi-square test was performed and regression models were constructed to analyze the influencing factors of knowledge on food-borne parasitic diseases.
Results: Among the 1 685 college students surveyed the awareness rates of knowledge about foodborne parasitic diseases and their harms were 33.5% (565 cases) and 31.4% (529 cases). There were statistically significant differences among/between the grades, schools, places of origin, family incomes, whether or not having the male or female friends, whether or not having the medical personnel in the family, whether or not having the insistence on the annual physical examination, whether or not receiving the health education, and whether or not having the history of parasitic diseases (all P < 0.05). The logistic regression analysis showed that the school, receiving the health education, having the insistence on the annual physical examination, and the history of parasitic diseases were the independent influencing factors of the awareness rate of knowledge on foodborne parasitic diseases (all P < 0.01).
Conclusions: The awareness rate, healthy behavior and correct attitude formation about foodborne parasitic diseases are low among the college students in Wuhu City, and therefore, it is necessary to offer the courses related to foodborne parasitic diseases in colleges and universities.
[摘要] 目的了解芜湖市大学生食源性寄生虫病知识、态度和行为现状及影响因素, 为制定健康教育策略提供依据。 方法采用分层整群随机抽样法抽取芜湖市5所高校1 685名在校大学生, 采用问卷调查的方法了解其食源性寄生虫病 相关知识、态度和行为, 并采用χ2 检验及logistic回归分析对知晓率的影响因素进行分析。结果芜湖市大学生食源性 寄生虫病知识知晓率为33.5% (565例), 危害知晓率最低, 为31.4% (529例); 不同年级、学校、生源地、家庭年收入, 以及 有无男女朋友、亲属是否在医疗机构工作、是否坚持每年体检1次、是否接受过健康教育、是否有寄生虫病感染史的大学 生知晓率差异均有统计学意义 (P 均< 0.05); logistic回归分析显示, 学校、是否接受过健康教育、是否坚持每年体检1次 以及寄生虫病史是食源性寄生虫知识知晓率的独立影响因素 (P 均< 0.01) 。结论芜湖市大学生食源性寄生虫病知识 知晓率偏低, 健康行为及正确态度形成率也较低, 在高校开设食源性寄生虫病相关课程十分必要。.
Keywords: College student; Foodborne parasitic disease; Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP); Wuhu City.