Knowledge of avian influenza (H5N1) among poultry workers, Hong Kong, China.

In 2009, a cross-sectional survey of 360 poultry workers in Hong Kong, China, showed that workers had inadequate levels of avian influenza (H5N1) risk knowledge, preventive behavior, and outbreak preparedness. The main barriers to preventive practices were low perceived benefits and interference with work. Poultry workers require occupation-specific health promotion.

University binge drinking patterns and changes in patterns of alcohol consumption among chinese undergraduates in a Hong Kong university.

Objective: To examine patterns of binge drinking and changes in drinking patterns among Chinese university students.

Participants And Methods: Responses to an anonymous questionnaire were compared between a random sample of 411 second year Chinese undergraduate students in 2006 and 2,630 first year students from the previous year. Students reporting any symptoms of alcohol abuse were classified as alcohol abusers whereas those reporting repeated inability to curtail use were categorized as alcohol dependent.

Sexlessness among married Chinese adults in Hong Kong: prevalence and associated factors.

Introduction: Despite recent media coverage in the topic of sexless marriages in East Asia, population-based studies examining the absence of sexual activity among nonelderly married individuals are scant. Previous studies have not simultaneously examined sociodemographic, physiological, and lifestyle predictors of sexless marriages.

Aims: To determine the prevalence of past-year sexlessness and the associated factors among the married Chinese adults in Hong Kong.

Brief report: Predictors of heavy Internet use and associations with health-promoting and health risk behaviors among Hong Kong university students.

To examine the correlates of heavy Internet use and determine the associations of heavy Internet use with various health risk behaviors and health-promoting behaviors among Chinese adolescents, an anonymous, self-administered health behavior questionnaire was completed by 2427 matriculants into a Hong Kong university (mean age=18.9 y) and returned at compulsory health examination. Of students, 14.