Objectives To provide scientific evidence for science popularization by conducting an investigation among the elderly over 60 in Guangzhou,Guangdong Province about their preference for health information and the characteristics of health information verification.Methods Design a questionnaire using expert evaluation and carry out on the areas with high aging rate in Guangzhou.Conduct research using methods such as one-way ANOVA and binary logistic regression analysis.Results The respondents were most concerned about:nutrition and food safety,Chinese traditional medical care and physical exercises.Types of health insurance(x2=496.325),educational level(x2=483.003),the situation of chronic diseases(x2=15.674)were the influence factors of paying attention to the topic of Maintaining Basic Health State.The subjects mainly used passive way to verify the health information such as waiting for official announcement on TV or radio,and official agencies releases.The survey subjects with employee medical insurance had more signifiicant passive verification behavior(OR=2.874,P＜0.05).Conclusion Relevant departments should organize science popularization activities for the elderly in areas such as nutrition,health care,and physical exercises,improve the health information promotion through TV or radio,and at the same time,enhance the publicity of family feedback or interge-nerational feedback science education methods.
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老年人/健康科普/健康传播/健康信息
Key words
elderly/health popularization/health communication/health information
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