Abstract:

Objective
To study the awareness of Brucellosis prevention knowledge and prevalence of risk behaviors among the primary and secondary school  students from  breeding livestock’s families in Western pastoral areas of Jilin province,and to provide evidence for the prevention and control of Brucellosis.Methods With application of multi-stage random sampling method,a questionnaire survey which including Brucellosis prevention knowledge and  risk behaviors was conducted among 209 primary and  secondary school students in west part of Jilin province in 2012.Results 105（50.97%） students had heard Brucellosis among 206 students,the older students knew more about Brucellosis than the younger（χ2=28.80，P=0.00）.The M(Q) of the score of the Brucellosis-related knowledge was 8（6.00,9.00）,the total passing ratewas 28.64%.72(68.61%) students learned Brucellosis from village doctors and acquaintances,only 11（10.51%）students learned it from school;the contact rates of eight kinds of high-risk behaviors were helping feeding 21.84%(62/206),holding lamb 16.50%(58/206),cleaning sheepfold 8.73%(26/206),vaccinating sheep 5.34%(17/206),milking 2.91%(6/206);cleaning apoblema 2.91%(6/206),slaughtering2.42%（5/206）and delivering lamb 1.94%(4/206)；there was no  significantdifference between the passing rate and the eight kinds of the basic protective behaviors except feeding (P>0.05).Conclusion The level of Brucellosis prevention knowledge is low in Western pastoral areas of Jilin province,and there was a high-risk of contact behavior with sheep and low basic protection rate.It indicates that the education about  prevention and  control of  Brucellosis in the students from breeding livestork’s familes   should be strengthened in order to prevent Brucellosis infection.

Key words: sheep household, students, Brucellosis, awareness rate, exposure ways