Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey
| العنوان: | Knowledge and preventive actions toward COVID-19, vaccination intent, and health literacy among educators in Japan: An online survey |
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| المؤلفون: | Shuji Ando, Koji Fukuda, Yasue Fukuda |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257552 (2021) PLoS ONE |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Viral Diseases, Health Care Providers, Social Sciences, Medical Conditions, Japan, Sociology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Medicine and Health Sciences, Public and Occupational Health, Medical Personnel, Health Education, Mass media, Vaccines, Schools, Multidisciplinary, Vaccination, Middle Aged, Vaccination and Immunization, Professions, Infectious Diseases, Health Education and Awareness, Respondent, Medicine, Female, Health education, Psychology, Research Article, Adult, Hand washing, Infectious Disease Control, Science, Immunology, Pharmacy, Health literacy, Microbiology, Education, Young Adult, Virology, Physicians, Humans, Pandemics, Educational Attainment, Internet, Medical education, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, COVID-19, Reproducibility of Results, Biology and Life Sciences, Covid 19, Viral Vaccines, Educational attainment, Health Literacy, Health Care, Local government, Multivariate Analysis, People and Places, Linear Models, Population Groupings, Preventive Medicine, business |
| الوصف: | Countermeasures against the spread of COVID-19 have become an urgent issue in educational settings, where many group activities are necessary. Educators are key to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in educational settings. Infection prevention behavior requires comprehensive and complex measures such as self-restraint. disinfection care, hand washing, wearing masks and recommendation and implementation of vaccination. Improvement in the knowledge, skills, and preventive actions of educators vis-à-vis COVID-19 could allow for the continued provision of educational services while ensuring safety in educational settings. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the knowledge and preventive actions of educators regarding COVID-19 and vaccination awareness to provide appropriate support for educators. The study used data collected from 1,000 Japanese educators in January 2021 when the third wave of viral infections spread. Online surveys and multivariate linear regression analysis were used to determine age and whether respondents were being cared for by a doctor. We investigated the effects of factors on educators’ willingness to be vaccinated and changes in their behavior. This study found that factors such as age, gender, whether a respondent was under a physician’s care, and health literacy, affected the willingness of educators to receive vaccinations and engage in preventive actions. The study also suggests that the reliability of national government public relations efforts is lower than the reliability of local government public relations and that of information from family physicians, pharmacies, and mass media. It is therefore necessary to reexamine how information is disseminated by the national government and to increase the degree of trust in that information among the public. The findings of the study also revealed the importance of improving the provision of appropriate information and health literacy for the behavior of educators, not only during the initial outbreak, but also during the subsequent period of pandemic life. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::a7cfe2bdb2d7f13956b65b3c2c041fdf https://doaj.org/article/79c78151dcf049d9a53d5900cb07d2d3 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....a7cfe2bdb2d7f13956b65b3c2c041fdf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19326203 |
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