China Health Program
Your health
The School of Public Health (SPH) has an active program of teaching and research in the areas of health services management and health policy in association with a number of overseas universities, with regular groups of senior health care professionals visiting for six-month blocks of study. It is very common for newly arrived visitors to pick up common local infections (such as colds and influenza), and to pass on infections they have brought with them. With the arrival of the new disease such as SARS, the School of Public Health realise that a basic health plan will help prevent the spread of any common infection as well as more important diseases.
Preventive programmes have been very successful in areas where good infection control practices have been put in place. Attention to these practices will be of great benefit to everyone, and will prevent the transmission of many infections and make your stay at La Trobe, and your return to your own family and friends, healthier.
Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
As you know, SARS is now considered to be caused by a specific and novel coronavirus (known as SARS CoV), a variant of a group of common viruses which usually cause the ‘common cold’. This disease is no longer considered to be a health risk; however it does remind us that all of us – visitors and residents of Victoria – must be careful about health matters.
Signs and symptoms for look out for:
Many diseases such as ‘flu and pneumonia have similar signs and symptoms, and are transmitted in similar ways. Several infections are spread by direct contact with infected droplets from a person who is ill, in particular from droplets spread by coughing. Direct contact with infected faeces is another common way of transmitting disease. There are many viral causes of diarrhoea which are spread this way. Some important infections are transmitted by ‘carriers’. Some blood infections (such as typhoid) are transmitted through contact with faeces of a carrier, whilst others (such as meningococcal disease) are transmitted through very close contact with secretions from the back of the throat.
Lastly, sexually transmitted infections including gonococcal disease, syphilis, hepatitis B, Chlamydia and HIV all occur in both Australian and overseasborn peoples, and great care should be taken in intimate physical contacts with strangers. Make an appointment to see a doctor if you have:
- A fever for more than 24 hours
- Chills and rigors
- A cough (dry or loose) for more than 3 days which is not
getting better
- Prolonged diarrhoea (more than four loose stools in 24 hours)
- Persistent vomiting
- Unusual genital discharge
Preventing infectious diseases
To protect yourselves and others, all new international arrivals coming to SPH are being asked to take these simple but effective precautions.
- cover your mouth when you cough
- use a handkerchief when you blow your nose, and change it often
- no spitting – this is an easy way for germs to spread
- wash your hands often, especially when you have just sneezed or used the lavatory
- avoid unprotected sex – if you have sex with a stranger, use a condom
In addition, please make sure that all living areas are cleaned every day with an appropriate disinfectant such as household bleach, especially
- work surfaces
- door and drawer handles
- lavatories
Finally, it is most important that should you become sick please try your best to prevent passing on your infection.
We recommend that if you are concerned about your health, please contact La Trobe Medical Centre. Phone 9473 8888.
新入学学生的健康保护建议
背景
公共卫生学院当前与中国的多所高等院校合作开展卫生事业管理和卫生政策的 教学与科研工作，其中每年定期举办针对卫生行业专业人员的6 个月强化学 习。
新来的学生很容易被传染上当地疾病（例如感冒和流感），并同时再把该疾病 传染给他人。
随着象SARS 这样的新型疾病的侵入，公共卫生学院认识到，基本的健康保护 计划无论是对预防普通疾病或是严重疾病都非常有帮助。
实施了良好的传染控制措施的区域，其疾病预防效果非常显著。了解这些措施 对每个人都非常有好处，并且可以预防大多数传染病，同时学生们在拉筹伯大 学可以有一个更加健康的学习开始。
突发性严重呼吸综合症(SARS)
众所周知，SARS 是由一种特有的新型冠壮病毒引起的，这种病毒由普通感冒 的普通病毒变异而来。虽然现在该病已经不再危险，但是它却提醒了我们—— 所有维多利亚州的来访者与居民——一定要特别注意健康问题。
要注意的症状
象流感和肺炎等许多疾病，都有相似的症状，并以相似的途径进行传播。如果 与病人带菌的气状体液直接接触，特别是咳嗽出的体液，即会被传染。
直接与带菌的排泄物接触是传染疾病的另一种常见方式，很多造成腹泻的滤过 性病菌就是以这种途径传染的。有些严重的传染病是由“携带者”传染的，一 些感染血液的疾病（例如伤寒）是由于接触了携带者的排泄物而传染，而其他 （例如流行性脑脊髓膜炎）则是由与喉咙中的分泌物直接接触传染的。
近年，性传播疾病，如淋病、梅毒、乙型肝炎、衣原体感染、人体免疫缺乏病 毒感染等，在本土和海外出生的澳大利亚人中均已出现。因此在与陌生人进行 亲密的身体接触时要特别注意。
如果你有以下症状，请去看医生:
- 超过24 小时的发烧
- 感觉发冷
- 超过3 天的咳嗽（无论干咳还是其他），且不见好转
- 过长时间的腹泻（24 小时内超过4 次拉稀）
- 持续性的呕吐
- 异样的生殖器官排泄物
防止传染疾病 为了保护你自己和他人，公共卫生学院要求所有新来的海外学生采取以下简单 但有效的防范措施：
- 咳嗽时捂住嘴
- 用手帕擤鼻涕，并经常更换
- 不要吐痰——这是最容易传播细菌的方式
- 经常洗手，特别是刚刚打完喷嚏或上完厕所
- 避免无保护的性交——如果与陌生人发生性关系，请用安全套
另外，请务必每天使用适当的杀菌剂（例如漂白剂）清洁自己的生活区域，特 别是对以下区域：
最后，最重要的一点是，如果你生病了，尽可能地不要传染给他人。 如果你有健康问题，建议你联系该部门 ： 拉筹伯大学卫生中心 电话： 9473 8888.
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