Bats and belief: A sequential qualitative study in Thailand
Bats and belief: A sequential qualitative study in Thailand
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蝙蝠与信仰：泰国的一项连续定性研究
DOI：
10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04208
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发表时间：
2020
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4
通讯作者：
A. Amonsin
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作者：
K. Suwannarong;Karnsunaphat Balthip;Phitsanuruk Kanthawee;Kangsadal Suwannarong;Santisith Khiewkhern;C. Lantican;Thanomsin Ponlap;Nisachon Bupha;A. Amonsin
蝙蝠是野生动物，分布在全球。在泰国，有数百种蝙蝠分布在四个地区的不同地点。然而，接触蝙蝠的动机和影响很少有文献记载。这项顺序定性研究于2016年9月至2017年6月在代表泰国四个地区的十个省份进行。这项研究旨在获得有关村民对蝙蝠的态度、认知、信仰和文化背景的信息。305名受访者参加了焦点小组讨论(FGD)。在这些受访者中，142人(46.6%)报告通过各种活动接触到蝙蝠，如狩猎、进食、烹饪、收集蝙蝠鸟粪、清理蝙蝠粪便，以及在房屋和社区发现蝙蝠身体。在不同的地区，村民们用不同的名字称呼蝙蝠。他们报告说，根据职业、蝙蝠种类、蝙蝠栖息地、态度、感知、对蝙蝠的信仰和文化背景，他们以不同的方式接触过蝙蝠。北部和东北部地区的村民报告说，他们经常吃蝙蝠。相比之下，中部地区的受访者由于当地的规范、宗教信仰和规定而没有吃蝙蝠。按种族划分，BLU和泰国Dum群体报告说，他们接触和吃蝙蝠的次数比泰国人更多。我们的结果提供了泰国不同地区蝙蝠人与人之间界面的循证信息。这项定性研究的结果可为今后在村民中进行适当的蝙蝠保护、蝙蝠接触行为和蝙蝠传播疾病风险的教育和干预的战略规划提供参考。
Bats are wildlife and distribute globally. In Thailand, there are hundreds of bat species in different locations within four regions. However, few motivations and influences for having contact with bats have been documented. This sequential qualitative study was conducted in ten provinces representing the four regions of Thailand from September 2016 to June 2017. The study was designed to obtain information on villagers' attitudes, perceptions, beliefs and cultural contexts in relation to bats. Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 305 respondents. Of these respondents, 142 (46.6%) reported coming into contact with bats through various activities, such as hunting, eating, cooking, collecting bat guano, cleaning bat feces, and finding carcasses in houses and communities. Villagers called bats by different names in different regions. They reported having been in contact with bats in different ways based on occupations, bat species, bat habitats, attitudes, perceptions, beliefs toward bats, and cultural contexts. Villagers in the northern and northeastern regions reported having regularly eaten bats. In contrast, the respondents in the central region did not eat bats due to local norms, religious beliefs, and regulations. By ethnicity, the Blu and Thai Dum groups reported coming into contact with and eating bats more often than the Thais. Our results provide evidence-based information on the human-bat interface in different regions in Thailand. The results of this qualitative study could be useful for strategic planning of proper education and interventions for bat conservation, bat contact behavior, and risk of bat-borne diseases among villagers in the future.