Consciousness and abilities on health emergency and the roles of emergency response among public at the communities

• Published in: Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 34; no. 10; p. 993
• Main Authors: Li, Yang, Dong, Xao-mei, Wang, Sheng-yong, Tian, Jun-zhang, Ye, Ze-bing, Yang, Jian, Li, Guan-ming, Peng, Lin, Zhang, Si-heng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; China; Consciousness; Data Collection; Emergencies; Emergency Medical Services; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Residence Characteristics; China
• ISSN: 0254-6450

To evaluate the consciousness of health emergency and the abilities on self- and mutual medical aids among the public at the community level, as well as the community responses on health-related emergencies and other factors. Random equidistant sampling method was used to extract 617 households before choosing a family member sampled by Kish Grid method. All the members were investigated face to face on a questionnaire-"Health emergency and related ability regarding self and mutual medical aids of the residents". Data were entered into computer database by using software Epi Data 3.1 and were analyzed by SPSS 21.0. Among the 617 households under survey, 47.84% of the public had general awareness on health-related emergencies. Regarding the following items as:prevention and isolation strategies of infectious disease, on safely procedures of earthquake and fires, on prevention of food poisoning, on prevention and first aid of emerging infectious diseases etc., the rates of awareness were 65.04%, 62.92%, 43.62%