[Investigation on Entamoeba histolytica infection in diarrhea patients from general hospitals in Shanghai City].

Objective: To understand the status of Entamoeba histolytica infection in diarrhea patients in general hospitals, so as to provide the evidences for the prevention and control of the disease.

Methods: The diarrhea patients in intestinal disease clinics of 3 general hospitals in Shanghai City were chosen as the investigation objectives, and their fecal and blood samples were collected, and then were detected by the normal saline direct smear method and iodine solution staining, immunochromatographic method and ELISA respectively to understand the infection status of E. histolytica, and the characteristics of the infected persons were analyzed.

The KAP evaluation of intervention on fall-induced injuries among elders in a safe community in Shanghai, China.

Background: To evaluate the effect of an intervention on fall induced injuries of elderly people in a safe-community in Shanghai and to discuss an intervention model that is proper for the community to generalize.

Methodology/principal Findings: Five neighborhood areas in a Safe Community were purposively selected. All individuals aged 60 years or over in five neighborhoods were prospective participants.

[Relative factors in home safety evaluated by multilevel statistical models].

Objective: To understand the situations of home establishments and the related domestic behaviors that causing injuries.

Methods: A total of 9760 families with regular residents in a community in Shanghai were investigated. Questionnaire was designed based on the Guidelines for Conducting Community Surveys on Injuries and Violence and International Classification of External Causes of Injuries.