Progress in public health risk communication in China: lessons learned from SARS to H7N9.

Background: Following the SARS outbreak, the World Health Organization revised the International Health Regulations to include risk communication as one of the core capacity areas. In 2006, the U.S.

[Status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among residents in 5 provinces in China in 2011].

Objective: To understand the status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among urban and rural residents in 5 provinces in China to suggest priority intervention strategies and measures for drug use health education.

Methods: From March to May of 2011, 6159 urban and rural residents were selected from Beijing, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi provinces by the multistage stratified sampling method and were investigated by the questionnaires on drug use knowledge and behavior.

Results: The residents' average awareness rate for 11 pieces of basic drug use information was 48.