Open AccessEffective analysis of a community-based intervention during heat waves to improve knowledge, attitude and practice in a population in Licheng District, Jinan City, China
Author(s) -
Xin Xu,
Jing Li,
Jinghong Gao,
Keke Liu,
Qiyong Liu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdx121
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , china , population , stratified sampling , heat wave , coping (psychology) , psychology , environmental health , medicine , clinical psychology , nursing , geography , ecology , archaeology , pathology , climate change , biology
Intervention strategies that focus on coping with continuous heat wave threats have been implemented in many countries. Despite these efforts, we still lack evidence concerning intervention efficacy. A Heat Wave Intervention Program (HWIP) that impacts knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) was designed, and its effectiveness during heat waves was evaluated.
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