Roles and Challenges for Village Doctors in COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention and Control in Rural Beijing, China: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Rural areas in China are more vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic than urban areas, due to their far fewer health care resources. Village doctors, as rural grassroots health workers in China, have been actively engaged in the pandemic prevention and control. This study aims to describe the roles of village doctors in rural China, and the challenges they have faced during the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setting

This study was conducted in three towns in Huairou District, Beijing, China.

Design

We carried out semi-structured interviews with 75 key informants. All the interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. We employed thematic analysis to define themes and sub-themes from the qualitative data.

Results

We reported four

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277090 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature