Health-related behaviors preventing COVID-19 and associated factors in primary school students in Wuhan
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.10.008
- VernacularTitle:武汉市小学生新型冠状病毒肺炎防控健康行为现状及影响因素分析
- Author:
MEI Xin, LI Yilin, CHEN Man, LI Junlin, HUANG Yuanxia
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Author Information
1. Monitoring and Evaluation Section, Health Education Institute, Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan(430024), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
Coronavirus;
Pneumonia;
Health behavior;
Regression analysis;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(10):1472-1476
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand the level of health behaviors related to prevention and control of Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID-19 among primary school students in Wuhan during the epidemic, and to provide a basis for further targeted health education and promotion.
Methods:Stratified random sampling was used to select 12 primary schools in Wuhan. Relying on the "questionnaire star", the head teacher of the selected school sent the questionnaire link to students through the QQ or WeChat group, and all students participated in the survey voluntarily.
Results:A total of 8 569 valid questionnaires were collected. The rate of prevention and control of COVID-19 among primary school students in Wuhan was 39.3%. Among them, wearing masks, hand hygiene and other healthy behavior accounted for 53.4%, 42.0% and 75.2%, respectively. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that girl, grade 3-4 and 5-6, higher maternal education (>graduate degree) were more likely to have overall health behaviors in the prevention and control of COVID-19, and the OR values were 1.13(95%CI=1.04-1.24), 1.18(95%CI=1.06-1.31) 1.58(95%CI=1.41-1.75) and 1.62(95%CI=1.00-2.62)(P<0.05), respectively. Compared with fathers whose occupations were state agencies, managers of enterprises and institutions, students whose fathers’ occupations were professional technicians and ordinary employees were less likely to have level of overall health behaviors in the prevention and control of COVID-19, and the OR values were 0.78(95%CI=0.61-0.99) and 0.72(95%CI=0.58-0.90)(P<0.05), respectively.
Conclusion:The level of health behaviors of primary school children in Wuhan against COVID-19 was not high and targeted health education and promotion should be provided.
