Public Awareness of Tuberculosis in Southeast China: A Population-Based Study

Xinyi Chen, Wei Wang, Xiaomeng Wang, Chengliang Chai, Kui Liu, Ying Peng, Fei Wang, Bin Chen and Jianmin Jiang
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Xinyi Chen: School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
Wei Wang: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Xiaomeng Wang: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Chengliang Chai: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Kui Liu: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Ying Peng: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Fei Wang: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Bin Chen: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
Jianmin Jiang: Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Zhejiang provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-13

Abstract: Few provinces in China have recently conducted population-based surveys on tuberculosis (TB) awareness at the provincial level. Hence, we conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study to evaluate the level of awareness of TB knowledge among residents of Zhejiang Province, China from October 2018 to December 2018. A total of 7174 individuals were randomly selected to participate in this survey. The rate of awareness of key information on TB was found to be 48.0%. The study’s participants exhibited a good understanding of the transmission route (80.8%), curable outcome (78.3%), and designated treatment sites (67.0%) of TB. The rate of awareness of suspicious TB symptoms (36.1%) and the relief policy on diagnosis and first-line therapeutic drugs (38.0%) were found to be relatively low among the respondents. People living in rural areas, those who were less educated, and students all showed a low level of awareness of key knowledge about TB. In conclusion, residents in Zhejiang Province generally lacked key information about TB, which is not conducive to the early detection and treatment of TB. Corresponding efforts should be made for different groups of people to achieve favorable effects on the prevention and control of TB.

Keywords: tuberculosis (TB); public awareness; TB control; public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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