Survey on the awareness of scrub typhus and the demand for health education among residents in the areas with high incidence of scrub typhus in Yunnan province
ZHOU Yu
CHEN Zhaowen
MING Xiaoli
REN Tianguang
Abstract：Objective:To understand the awareness rate of scrub typhus and the demand for health education among residents in areas with high scrub typhus in Yunnan Province.Methods:From July to October,2023,residents in areas with high scrub typhus in Yunnan province were investigated by stratified sampling.Results:A total of 1 238 questionnaires were collected.16.48%of the residents had never heard of scrub typhus,68.58%residents had heard of scrub typhus,but they were not familiar with it.Only 13.09%and 1.86%residents were relatively familiar or very familiar with it.The results showed that age,educational level,occupation,outdoor activities variety,outdoor activities frequency,history of scrub typhus,and current address type were the influencing factors of scrub typhus awareness rate(P<0.05).Age,educational level,occupation,outdoor activities frequency,and current address type were influencing factors on the willingness to participate in scrub typhus health education(P<0.05).Age,educational level,occupation,outdoor activities frequency,and history of scrub typhus were influencing factors for participating in scrub typhus health education(P<0.05).Conclusions:Residents in areas with high incidence of scrub typhus in Yunnan Province had a low awareness rate of scrub typhus.They had a high demand for health education.It was necessary to carry out targeted health education according to different needs to improve residents'awareness level of scrub typhus.
Keywords：scrub typhustsutsugamushi diseaseawarenesshealth educationdemandapproachinvestigation study
Publication Date：2025-02-09
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：9( 455-463 )