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Erschienen in: EcoHealth 1/2021

04.08.2021 | Original Contribution

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Zoonotic Risk in Wildlife Trade, Southern China

verfasst von: Hongying Li, Francesca Daszak, Aleksei Chmura, Yunzhi Zhang, Philip Terry, Mark Fielder

Erschienen in: EcoHealth | Ausgabe 1/2021

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Abstract

Current wildlife trade practices in China lead to significant interactions between humans and animals and drive the emergence of zoonotic diseases. The at-risk behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes that influence health-related behaviors in relation to animal contact and safety measures in the trade remain poorly understood. A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among 947 adult Internet users in three provinces in southern China to assess knowledge, perceived disease risks, at-risk behaviors, and the association of these factors with other demographic factors among the target population. Few of the participants possessed sufficient knowledge of zoonotic diseases. Although most participants were opposed to the use of wild animal resources, many reported keeping wild animals as pets (30.7%) and eating wild animals (30.5%). The majority of participants (76.3%) believed the disease transmission via wildlife trade, but few connected contact with animals to sickness (18.5%) and only slightly more than half sought post-exposure treatment (54.4%). These results reveal low levels of knowledge and perceived risk regarding disease emergence from the animal–human interactions in wildlife trade and uncover the gaps in knowledge and attitudes as key challenges to the development of health behavior change interventions pertaining to wildlife trade.
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Metadaten
Titel
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Zoonotic Risk in Wildlife Trade, Southern China
verfasst von
Hongying Li
Francesca Daszak
Aleksei Chmura
Yunzhi Zhang
Philip Terry
Mark Fielder
Publikationsdatum
04.08.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
EcoHealth / Ausgabe 1/2021
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-021-01532-0

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