How to improve the COVID-19 health education strategy in impoverished regions: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is of great challenge to raise the public coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related health literacy (CRHL) in impoverished regions due to the limits of poor infrastructure, large proportion of vulnerable groups, etc. However, those limits cannot be solved in the short term. Therefore, this study chose Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, one of the poorest areas in China, as a pilot, to reveal the quantitative relationships among different dimensions under the COVID-19 health education framework, clarify the key points for health promotion, and provide specific suggestions for COVID-19 health education strategy in impoverished regions.

Methods

A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in five regions of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in 2020. Th

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961089 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature