Yuan Fang|Dongfu Qian|Cheng?Long Huang|Miaomiao Tian|Yuanxi Xiang|Zhigang He|Zhanchun Feng
Analysis of awareness of health knowledge among rural residents in Western China
Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Nanjing Medical University|Chongqing Medical University|Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology|Huazhong University of Science and Technology
lifestyle diseases could prevented controlled disseminating health knowledge study explored health knowledge awareness impact factors health knowledge awareness way people received health knowledge western chinawe undertook crosssectional survey 8 counties 24 townships 72 villages july 2011 april 2012 inner mongolia xinjiang chongqing qinghai china collected data publicly available consisted two parts namely sociodemographic information 1466 corresponding rural residents awareness approach health knowledge analysis variance anova used explore impact factors health knowledge awareness multiple linear regressions applied examine potential predictors health knowledge awarenessfour predictorsage negative factor educational level positive factor distance home nearest medical institution negative factor annul disposable household income negative factor final liner regression model p 005 results showed awareness health knowledge associated risk factors highest 5885 highest awareness rate health knowledge title whether secondhand smoke harmful 6978 lowest title whether eating hepatitis b patients infected hepatitis b 2169 main way receive health knowledge traditional way doctors 8045 half residents received health knowledge television video newspaper magazines 6578 family members neighbors 6738 village health bulletin boards 5316health knowledge awareness rural residents quite low way receiving health knowledge simple traditional one critical factors education level direct results showed lower income families always obtained higher health knowledge level rich families main way receive health knowledge traditional ways process health education different means education adopted different groups achieve ideal effect potential interventions may different education process adapted different income level families