A study on the injury knowledge,attitude and behavioral of residents in the rural areas in Guangxi

Objective To understand the resident's situation of knowing knowledge,attitude,and behavior to injury in Guangxi sectional rural areas,and provided the guide for injury prevention and control.Methods With unified questionnaire,the data of injury in Guangxi's Binyang,Luocheng,Jingxi and Longsheng counties.were collected and analyzed with the statistical software SPSS11.0.Results Most rural residents acquired the knowlˉedge of traffic safety and drowning rescue skill by TV and reading.The knowing knowledge of injury was over63%.There were34.73%residents with driving experience without licence,23.3%residents put the pesticide at the places where anybody can reach.Only23.3%residents knowthe rescue skill of drowning,84.8%residents thought that it was necessary to give a course in swimming in school.People who considered that the traffic accident and falling could be prevented account for77.8%and66.8%respectively.Conclusion There are differences between the knowing knowledge and behavior on injury in the rural residents,we must search into their reasons,and take integrative measures to effectively prevent and control injury.