A one year-interventional study was done at Binh Chanh commune showed that after intervention K.A.P. on fascioliasis control of people at Binh Chanh commune had changed significantly in comparison with before and with the controlled commune: Knowledge about the disease: People understood the cause of fascioliasis (86.9 percent compared with 57.8 percent and 62.4 percent), the ways of transmission increased from 13 percent to 64.7 percent
harmfulness went up (97.1 percent compared with 31.7 percent and 92.3 percent)
and preventive measures were more varied (89.7 percent compare with 69.3 percent and 69.6 percent). Attitude: People chose the provincial/central hospitals when they got the disease (increasing 72 percent in comparison with 21.7 percent and 57.5 percent)
the rate of eating raw aquatic vegetables went down (19.4 percent compared with 47.2 percent and 22.1 percent). The people agreeing with each preventive measure increased from 7.4 percent to 16.7 percent. Practice: The rate of drinking unsafe water was very low at both communes, just from 0 percent to 1.1 percent and also the rate of eating raw aquatic vegetable decreased (86.3 percent in comparison with 92.2 percent and 89 percent). At the controlled commune, the changes were slight and not significant.