Analysis of the current status of infectious disease health literacy among medical staff in teaching hospitals in border minority areas
Objective To investigate the current status of infectious disease health literacy of medical staff in teaching hospitals in border minority areas,providing scientific basis for formulating relevant health policies.Methods A cluster random sampling method was used to select one teaching hospital(A Grade Ⅲ general hospital)in Baise city,Hechi city and Chongzuo city of Guangxi Autonomous Region as the survey subjects.Participants were asked to complete the"Self-made Questionnaire on Personal Basic Information"and"Chinese Resident Infectious Disease Health Literacy Assessment Scale".Results The infectious disease health litera-cy score of medical staff in teaching hospitals in border minority areas was(31.62±4.34),and the rate of pos-sessing infectious disease health literacy was 59.40%.The results showed that the health literacy possession rate among the subjects tended to increase with the grow of age,education level,monthly income,hospital tenure,time engaged in teaching and professional title(P<0.001).Those who had engaged in infectious dis-ease work or received training in infectious disease knowledge and related areas had a higher rate of infectious disease health literacy(P<0.05).The health literacy possession rate of physicians was higher than that of nurses(P<0.05).Conclusion The level of infectious disease health literacy among medical staff in teach-ing hospitals in border minority areas needs to be improved.Given the differences in health literacy among vari-ous groups of medical staff,targeted health education and other intervention measures should be implemented.
teaching hospitalsmedical staffinfectious diseaseshealth literacyprevention and control literacy