[Investigation on unhealthy related behaviors of echinococcosis patients in Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province].

OBJECTIVE

To understand the unhealthy related behaviors of echinococcosis patients in Tibetan region in Sichuan 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 unhealthy related behaviors of them were surveyed by individual interviews.

RESULTS

Totally 368 echinococcosis patients were investigated. 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' unhygienic behaviors. The proportion of playing with dogs and feeding dogs with diseased livestock visceral organsin students was higher than that in nomads.

CONCLUSIONS

There are some unhealthy related behaviors in echinococcosis patients in Garzê Prefecture, and the different health education modes for echinococcosis patients with different characteristics should be applied.