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Coverage of health information by different sources in communities: Implication for COVID-19 epidemic response
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Số 10, năm 2020 (Tập 17, trang -)
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103577
Tài liệu thuộc danh mục: ISI, Scopus
English
English
Từ khóa: community health worker; COVID-19; disease control; epidemic; factor analysis; guideline; health policy; health services; sampling; training; viral disease; access to information; adult; Article; clinical feature; construct validity; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; epidemic; exploratory factor analysis; female; health auxiliary; health care organization; health care personnel; health care policy; human; information dissemination; information service; Internet; knowledge; male; mass medium; medical information; medical student; practice guideline; prevention and control; social network; Viet Nam; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus infection; pandemic; questionnaire; virus pneumonia; young adult; Viet Nam; Adult; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Male; Mass Media; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Students, Medical; Surveys and Questionnaires; Vietnam; Young Adult
Tóm tắt tiếng anh
Health personnel and community workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 emergency response and need to be equipped with adequate knowledge related to epidemics for an effective response. This study aimed to identify the coverage of COVID-19 health information via different sources accessed by health workers and community workers in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study using a web-based survey was carried out from January to February 2020 in Vietnam. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was used for recruiting participants. We utilized the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to examine the construct validity of the questionnaire. A higher percentage of participants knew about “Clinical and pathogen characteristics of COVID-19”, compared to “Regulations and policies related to COVID-19”. The percentage of participants accessing the information on “Guidelines and policies on prevention and control of COVID-19” was the lowest, especially among medical students. “Mass media and peer-educators” channels had a higher score of accessing COVID-19 information, compared to “Organizations/ agencies/ associations” sources. Participants consumed most of their COVID-19 information via “Internet, online newspapers, social networks”. Our findings indicate an urgency to re-design training programs and communication activities for a more effective dissemination of information related to the COVID-19 epidemic or epidemics in general. © 2020 by the authors.