Changing risk awareness and personal protection measures for low to high pathogenic avian influenza in live-poultry markets in Taiwan, 2007 to 2012

Table 6 Protection measures adopted by respondents in Central Taiwan after the HAPI H5N2 outbreak in 2012

Protection measures^a	Two study populations		p-value
Protection measures^a	Live-poultry market workers	Community residents	p-value
	(n = 69^b)	(n = 152)
Wash hands frequently	58(84.1 %)	121(79.6 %)	0.43
Wear facemasks	50(72.5 %)	116(76.3 %)	0.54
Comply with government’s policy	27(39.1 %)	89(58.6 %)	<0.01**
Do Exercise	14(20.3 %)	66(43.4 %)	<0.01**
Obtain more information	6(8.7 %)	61(40.1 %)	<0.001***
Receive human flu vaccine	17(24.6 %)	49(32.2 %)	0.25
Receive AI H5N1 vaccine	8(11.6 %)	53(34.9 %)	<0.01**
Take Tamiflu	3(4.3 %)	12(7.9 %)	0.33
Take Chinese herbs	6(8.7 %)	6(3.9 %)	0.15
Stop going to LPMs^c	-	74(48.7 %)	-
Stop buying poultry in LPMs^c	-	56(36.8 %)	-

We used chi-square test for the statistical analyses in Table 6
The data within the percentages of community residents related to the different preventive measures served as the reference group in this Table
LPMs Live-poultry markets
^aThe answers are multiple choices
^bTotal N = 73, with four missing values
^cOnly asked for community residents in Central Taiwan

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