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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2014

Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China.

Xiaowei Ma, Qiuyan Liao, Jun Yuan, Yufei Liu, Yanhui Liu, Jiandong Chen, Jianping Liu, Wenfeng Cai, Benjamin J Cowling, Biao Di and 5 more

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaowei Ma
Qiuyan Liao
Jun Yuan
Yufei Liu
Yanhui Liu
Jiandong Chen
Jianping Liu
Wenfeng Cai
Benjamin J Cowling
Biao Di
Richard Fielding
Ming WangGuangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, 510440, Guangdong Province, China. wangming@gzcdc.org.cn.
Zhicong Yang
Gabriel M Leung
Eric H Y Lau
Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLive poultry traders (LPTs) have greater risk to avian influenza due to occupational exposure to poultry. This study investigated knowledge, attitudes and practices of LPTs relating to influenza A (H7N9).

methodsUsing multi-stage cluster sampling, 306 LPTs were interviewed in Guangzhou by a standardized questionnaire between mid-May to June, 2013. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with preventive practices and attitudes towards various control measures implemented in live poultry markets against H7N9.

resultsOnly 46.1% of the respondents recognized risks associated with contacts with bird secretions or droppings, and only 22.9% perceived personally "likely/very likely" to contract H7N9 infection. Around 60% of the respondents complied with hand-washing and wearing gloves, and only 20% reported wearing face masks. Only 16.3% of the respondents agreed on introducing central slaughtering of poultry. Being younger, involving in slaughtering poultry, having longer working hours, less access to H7N9-related information and poorer knowledge, and perceiving lower personal susceptibility to H7N9 infection were negatively associated with preventive practices. Comparing with previous studies conducted when human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection was first identified in Guangdong, LPTs' perceived susceptibility to novel influenza viruses increased significantly but acceptance for central slaughtering of poultry remained low.

conclusionsInformation on avian influenza provided through multiple communication tools may be necessary to promote knowledge among poultry traders. Familiarity with risk may have led to the lower perceived vulnerability to avian influenza and less protective actions among the LPTs particularly for those involving more risky exposure to live poultry. Reasons for the consistently low acceptance for central slaughtering of poultry await further exploration.

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Influenza A Virus, H7N9 SubtypeAdolescentAdultAnimalsChinaFemaleHand DisinfectionHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsMaleMiddle AgedOccupational ExposurePoultryRisk

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PMCPMC4210513
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