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Table 8 Sources and channels of information about 2012 outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens in Central Taiwan (Stage II Survey)

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

Aware of HPAI

Two study populations

p-value

Live-poultry market

Community

Workers (n = 64)

Residents (n = 119)

0.03a,b

Sources

n

%

n

%

 

Television

58

90.6

101

84.9

0.28

Newspapers

10

15.6

41

34.5

<0.01

Internet

7

10.9

44

37.0

<0.001

Relatives or Friends

5

7.8

18

15.1

0.16

Radio

1

1.6

15

12.6

<0.05

Other Market Workers

4

6.3

3

2.5

0.21

Phone Calls/Messages

0

0.0

1

0.8

0.48

  1. The data within the percentages of community residents related to the sources or channels of information served as the reference group in this Table 8
  2. P-values: Chi-square test was used for the statistical analyses
  3. aThere were 73 live-poultry market workers, 64 of whom (87.7 %) knew about the HPAI outbreaks in central Taiwan
  4. bThere were 152 live-poultry market workers, 119 of whom (78.3 %) knew about the HPAI outbreaks in central Taiwan
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