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A cross-sectional survey was conducted by investigating kindergarteners\u2019 parents through an online self-administered questionnaire between October 2020 and November 2020 in Chengdu, China. A total of 771 questionnaires were received with valid responses, and 81.97% of respondents had heard about NoV before. Among parents who had heard about HuNoV before, they had a poor awareness of incubation period, duration, and high-incidence seasons of HuNoV infection. The respondents also had a low-level awareness of how to clean the places contaminated by vomitus or stool. The multiple-regression analysis confirmed that factors associated with good knowledge regarding HuNoV infection were level of education, occupation, history of infection, and HuNoV learning experience. The most expected approach to learn about HuNoV among parents was the internet, followed by knowledge training in kindergartens, community information, and television. This is the first study to assess kindergarten parents\u2019 knowledge and awareness of HuNoV infection. The survey results provide insights that would help in developing effective strategies and educational materials to prevent and control the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19031570","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,29]],"date-time":"2022-01-29T23:02:06Z","timestamp":1643497326000},"page":"1570","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Knowledge, Awareness, and Prevention of Norovirus Infection among Kindergarten Parents in Chengdu, China"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Yuanyuan","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education and Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China"},{"name":"College of Education, Ankang University, Ankang 725000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7893-4653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenyu","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Modern Agriculture and Biotechnology, Ankang University, Ankang 725000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"725","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(14)70767-4","article-title":"Global prevalence of norovirus in cases of gastroenteritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Ahmed","year":"2014","journal-title":"Lancet Infect. 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