A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy

Abstract

Background: Several public health strategic interventions are required for effective prevention and control of avian influenza (AI) and it is necessary to create a communication plan to keep families adequately informed on how to avoid or reduce exposure. This investigation determined the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors relating to AI among an adult population in Italy.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Survey on Avian Influenza in Three Districts of Bangladesh

“…This finding is not corresponding to a KAP study performed in Egypt where 67.6% of respondents mentioned avoiding contact with sick birds (Ismail and Ahmed, 2010). In the present study 60% respondents believed that AI is a serious disease, this finding is not compatible with earlier KAP study performed in Egypt in which 99% believed that it is a serious disease (Ismail and Ahmed, 2010)but similar to the results of KAP study conducted in Italy (Abbate et al, 2006;Giuseppe et al, 2008). Regarding to seriousness, around 66% respondents agreed that AI could be prevented which agree with the positive attitude of 79%, 53% and 71% respondents reported earlier (Fatiregun and Saani, 2008;Giuseppe et al, 2008;Najimi and Golshiri, 2013).…”

“…The study had similar findings with compared to study conducted in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal. Illiteracy is the main factor which hinders the awareness regarding to AI (Giuseppe et al, 2008). The findings about the respondents heard about AI differ from a previous survey conducted in Bangladesh, where 40% and 10% respondents from Rajshahi and Netrokona had heard about AI respectively (Sultana et al, 2011).…”

“…The virus has also been isolated from mammalian species including humans, rats and mice, weasels and ferrets, pigs, cats, tigers and dogs (OIE, 2013a).The first known direct avian to human transmission of influenza A (subtype H5N1) viruses was reported during an outbreak in Hong Kong in 1997 and exposure to infected poultry was identified as the probable route of transmission. Since then, outbreaks of the H5N1 highly pathogenic Avian Influenza strain have been identified in birds, wild and domestic poultry, in several countries, particularly in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Cambodia and more recently, in Turkey and Iraq (Giuseppe et al, 2008).…”

Knowledge about Avian Influenza, European Region

“…These results support previous fi ndings that knowledge about avian infl uenza, especially about prevention and human-to-human transmission, has scope for improvement (4,5). Persons in Europe reported that they have little ability to prevent themselves from getting avian infl uenza (6).…”

One Health Approach: Veterinary Perspectives in Global and Indian Context

“…Knowledge, Attitude and Perception (KAP) analysis is performed by some workers to evaluate the impact of one health intervention programmes. The knowledge refers to the degree of understanding on associated issues; attitude implies to the feelings of respondents to the understanding and perception is nothing but the awareness on the topic (Di Giuseppe et al, 2008). Narrod et al, (2011) applied the KAP analysis on pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in African countries.…”