Rapid assessment of knowledge,attitudes,practices,and risk perception related to the prevention and control of Ebola virus disease in three communities of Sierra Leone
作者机构:State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and ControlCollaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious DiseasesNational Institute for Communicable Disease Control and PreventionBeijing 102206China Chinese Center for Disease Control and PreventionBeijing 102206China ITERPBeijing 102206China District Health Management TeamWestern AreaMinistry of Health and SanitationFreetownSierra Leone
出 版 物:《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病(英文))
年 卷 期:2016年第5卷第1期
页 面:447-452页
核心收录:
学科分类:1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
基 金:Ministry of Commerce National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China
主 题:Knowledge Attitude Practice Risk perception ITERP Ebola Sierra Leone
摘 要:Background:The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease(EVD)in Sierra Leone has been characterized by the World Health Organization as one of the most challenging EVD outbreaks to *** first confirmed case in Sierra Leone was a young woman who was admitted to a government hospital in Kenema following a miscarriage on 24 May *** 5 January 2015,intensified training for an EVD response project was initiated at the medical university of Sierra Leone in *** understand the knowledge,attitudes,practices,and perceived risk of EVD among the public,especially after this training,a rapid assessment was conducted from 10 to 16 March ***:Interviews were conducted with 466 participants based on questionnaires that were distributed from 10 to 16 March 2015 by cluster sampling in three adjacent communities,namely Jui,Grafton,and Kossoh Town,in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra ***:It was found that knowledge about EVD was comprehensive and *** attitude towards prevention was found to be *** all participants knew the reporting phone number 117 and had reported some change in behavior since learning about *** than half(62%)of the participants had a history of travelling to urban areas,which increases the risk of *** multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that community and occupation were variables associated with perceived risk of ***:Our study showed that community level social mobilization and community engagement were an effective strategy in the special context.