In this survey attempts were made to investigate the degree of medical knowledge and control to parasitic infections from 632 inhabitants at Om-chun Myeon and Sin-jun Myeon, Gang-jin Gun, Chonnam, Korea for a month (from 1970, August 1st to 31th).
Major findings obtained from this survey can be summarized as followings :
1) Respondents who recognized all resources of parasitic infections were 8.2% (M : 12.8%, F : 4.2%), who recognized them partially 68.5% (M : 77.8%, F : 60.3%) and who recognized none 23.3% (M : 9.4%, F : 35.5%). 2) 31.8% (M : 34%, F : 29.9%) of examiness after examination of parasites were reinfected with parasites, and 68.2% (M : 66.0%, F : 70.1%) of them not reinfected.
3) Examinees who were injured severely in their health by parasitic infections were 47.0% (M : 53.9%, F : 40.9%), 27.4% (M : 21.2%, F : 32.8%) with little injuries and 25.6% (M : 24.9%, F : 26.3%) with no injuries.
4) Only 0.3% (M : 0.7%) of respondents were given a stool test once a year and 99.7% (M : 99.3%, F : 100.0%) of them were not made it.
5) 81.5% (M : 87.2%, F : 76.4%) of examinees did not believe in the results of the stool test and 4.3% (M : 2.7%, F : 5.7%) of them were not confident it and it was not known by 14.2% (M : 10.1 %, F : 17.9%) of them.
6) 3.5% (M : 6.1%, F : 1.2%) of respondents, had a suspicion about parasitic infectio-ns, had gone into the hospital or clinic for diagnosis, 88.3% (M : 90.9%, F : 86.0%) of them were administered anthelmintics, and 8.2% (M : 3.0%, F : 12.8%) of them were non- treated.
7) The respondents who were not given anthelmintics for extermintion of parasites were 94.2% (M : 93.3%, F : 94.9%), but once a year 4.4% (M : 4.8%, F : 4.2%) and twice a year 1.4% (M : 2.0%, F : 0.9%).
8) 2.4% (M : 0.7 % , F : 3.9%) of respondepts washed their hands regularly before every meal and 70.2% (M : 25.9%, F : 34.0%) of them irregularly, but 67.4% (M : 73.4%, F : 62.1%) of them did not.
9) 12.2% (M : 8.4%, F : 5.5%) of the examinees washed their hands regularly after every defecation and 37.7% (M : 43.1%, F : 32.8%) of them irregularly, but 50.2% (M : 48.5%, F : 51.6%) did not
10) 78.2% (M : 93.3%, F : 64.8%) of respondents had experienced eating an uncooked fresh-water fish, but 21.8% (M : 6.7%, F : 35.2%) of them did not. Respondents who have eaten uncooked meet were 92.4% (M : 93.6%, F : 91.3%), but 7.8% (M : 6.4%, F : 8.7%) of them do not.
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