Raghad Elgamal
Meta-analysis: eHealth literacy and attitudes towards internet/computer technology
Patient education and counseling
community health workers chws hailing general populace play pivotal role fortifying healthcare systems primary focus mitigating noncommunicable diseases ncds elevating overall life expectancy assess aptitude chws ncd prevention introduced community health workers perceptual behavioral competency scale preventing noncommunicable diseases cocsn study examines multifaceted interplay individual community factors influence chws cocsn scores research design secondary analysis using data selfadministered questionnaire survey 6480 chws residing municipalities across japan obtained 3120 valid responses september november 2020 cocsn employed dependent variable independent variables individualrelated factors including years community health work health literacy communityrelated factors chws sense community ascertain significance associations individual community factors chws competency analysis covariance ancova utilized compare three groups q1q2q3 low medium high scores cocsn scale statistical significance considered indicated pvalue less 005 ancova analysis revealed three factors significantly linked chws competence comprised individual factors years chws mean sd q1 60 60 q2 78 70 q3 82 77 p 0001 health literacy q1 277 66 q2 304 69 q3 338 78 p 0001 well community factor sense community q1 148 37 q2 165 35 q3 182 36 p 0001 finding positive association derived cocsn scores certain determinants notably years chws health literacy individual domain along sense community communal context firmly established significantly associated chws competency consequently chws need training increase health literacy sense community acquire high competency ncd prevention lead empowerment chws maintain motivation continue