Status and knowledge demand of health emergency literacy among college students in Shaanxi Province
Objective To understand the status and related knowledge requirements of health emergency literacy among college students in Shaanxi Province,so as to provide the basis for improving college students'health emergency literacy.Methods A total of 2 723 students from 18 colleges and universities in Shaanxi Province were selected by multi-stage random sampling and simple random sampling methods in November 2023,and the survey of health literacy in emergency and knowledge requirements of health emergency literacy was conducted.Statistical analysis was carried out by using x2 test,Wilcoxon rank-sum test,Kruskal-Wallis H test and Logistic regression analysis.Results About 28.98％of the surveyed college students had a high level of health emergency literacy,which varied by students whether being only one-child,whether having left-behind experience,with different personality types,whether being student cadres,and with different frequencies of community or social activities(x2=9.15,7.90,32.73,16.29,120.25,P＜0.05).The equivalence scores of the four dimensions of health emergency literacy from high to low were poison-ing and nuclear and radiation(0.84),medical rescue(0.83),infectious disease(0.82),and basic knowledge and behavior(0.77).Logistic regression analysis found that college students with left-behind experience were negatively correlated with health e-mergency literacy and its four dimensions(OR=0.74,0.72,0.80,0.80,0.83),while personality type(rational type),community or social activity frequency were positively correlated with the cognitive levels of health emergency literacy and its four dimensions a-mong college students(OR=1.57,1.50,1.33,1.27,1.38)(P＜0.05).There was a higher level of basic knowledge and behavioral cognition among only child college students(OR=3.73),and female students had a higher level of health emergency literacy,as well as awareness of infectious disease outbreaks and medical rescue(OR=1.21,1.28,1.21)(P＜0.05).The radar map showed that the level of health emergency literacy was positive development radar map.About 67.68％of the students had a high willingness to acquire health emergency literacy knowledge,and the demand for basic health emergency knowledge and behavioral knowledge was the highest(52.37％).Conclusions College students have insufficient health emergency literacy,but they have the highest demand for health emergency.Publicity and education should be strengthened for students with left-behind experience,irrational type,and low frequency of community or social activities.
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