Survey of public knowledge about Echinococcus multilocularisin four European countries: Need for proactive information

Table 1 Questionnaire of the representative telephone inquiry conducted in Czech Republic, France, Germany and Switzerland (March – May 2004).

Questions	response	code
**Question 1:***
Do you think, it is all right that there live foxes in urban areas?	Very good	1
Do you think, it is ...	Rather good	2
(Enter a single response)	Rather bad	3
	Very bad	4
	Don't know	5
*Question 2:*
Have you ever heard about the fox tapeworm?	Yes	1
	No	2
*Question A3:*
Do you think you received reasonable information on the fox tapeworm?	Yes	1
	No	2
	Don't know	3
*Question A4:*
Do you think the fox tapeworm is a health risk to you?	A high risk...	1
Do you think it is .....	A small risk	2
(Enter a single response)	No risk	3
	Don't know	4
*Question A5:*
Do you know how you are able to protect yourself against the fox tapeworm?	To treat foxes	1
(Read and randomise list. Enter multiple responses.)	To de-worm cats and dogs regularly	1
	To pick and eat no wild berries	1
	To wash food before eating	1
	To cook food before eating	1
	To avoid contact with fox excrement	1
	Don't know	9

* for data analyses the answers to this question were summarized to the 3 categories: (a) "positive" = "very good" + "rather good", (b) "negative" = "very bad" + "rather bad" and (c) "don't know

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