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KMID : 1138720150410020089
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Korean Public Health Research
2015 Volume.41 No. 2 p.89 ~ p.97
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Analysis of Risk Behavior Associated with Avian Influenza among Poultry Farmers
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Yoo Seok-Ju
Lim Hyun-Sul
Lee Kwan
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Abstract
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Objective: Poultry farmers are known as the high risk group for the avian influenza. We surveyed the risk behaviors associated with avian influenza among poultry farmers to establish proper preventive policy.
Methods: We visited several group events of poultry farmers and conducted a questionnaire survey about the general, work-related characteristics of subjects, and the risk behaviors associated with avian influenza among 400 poultry farmers. We analyzed the variables which were related to risk behaviors of avian influenza.
Results: Among poultry farmers, men and the subjects who live in Jeolla-do had more experiences of eating raw chicken in the past year than women and the subjects who live in the other areas. Also, men had more experiences of bare-hand contact with secretions of poultry during work in the past year than women. The proportions of poultry farmers who had received seasonal vaccination regularly were tended to decrease according to increasing the number of raising heads.
Conclusion: The individualized approach is needed to prevent avian influenza for poultry farmers according to gender, area and breeding scale.
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KEYWORD
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Avian influenza, Poultry, Risk behavior
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