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Date Published: 13/09/2021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i2.1093
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Vol. 505 No. 2 (2021)
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Đức Sơn, N. ., & Thu Hà, N. . (2021). KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN TO PREVENT LEAD POISONING IN ONE VILLAGE IN BAC NINH PROVINCE. Vietnam Medical Journal, 505(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v505i2.1093

KNOWLEDGE OF CHILDREN TO PREVENT LEAD POISONING IN ONE VILLAGE IN BAC NINH PROVINCE

Nguyễn Đức Sơn1,, Nguyễn Thu Hà1
1 National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Abstract

Objectives: to evaluate people's knowledge on prevention of lead poisoning in a craft village of Bac Ninh province. Methods: 212 subjects (165 caregivers and 47 children (10-14 years old)) were investigated by questionnaire about lead toxic to health; target groups most affected by lead exposure; manifestations of lead poisoning in children; source of lead exposure; pathway of lead exposure; lead preventive measures for children. Results: The average score of caregivers' s knowledge goup on prevention of lead poisoning was 3.7±1.2 points and that among children group from 11-14 years old was 3.5±0.9 points. Percentage of caregivers‘s knowledge score at pass level was 64.2%, and that among the children’s group from 11-14 years old was 46.8%. Conclusion: People in a craft village in Bac Ninh province have some basic knowledge about prevention of lead poisoning for children, but they are still limited.

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Knowledge, lead poisoning, children, craft villages, Bac Ninh

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