Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups
We examined mothers’ health information sources and their relationships with continued participation in health checkups among urban Japanese mothers. Participants were 152 mothers below 40 years old with one or more children under 12 years old. We collected data at a children’s festival in Tokyo in...
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| description | We examined mothers’ health information sources and their relationships with continued participation in health checkups among urban Japanese mothers. Participants were 152 mothers below 40 years old with one or more children under 12 years old. We collected data at a children’s festival in Tokyo in 2019. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information regarding health checkups, trusted sources of information regarding mother’s health, and anthropological variables. Continued participation in health checkups was defined as participating in health checkups almost every year during the past five years. Logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for health insurance, mothers’ age, number of children, and current medical history. the sources of mothers’ health information trusted by over 20% of mothers in the two groups were “family”, “friends”, “Web/SNS”, and “healthcare professionals.” However, continued participation in health checkups was significantly associated with only the source of health information from “healthcare professionals” (odds ratio: 2.8 [95% confidence interval: 1.26–6.31], <i>p</i> = 0.01). These findings suggest that reliable information from health professionals encourages urban Japanese mothers’ continued participation in health checkups among Japanese mothers under 40 years old who have children under 12 years of age. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11d8c0f1f0d24010b3213029658693792023-12-03T13:44:51ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-08-01108152310.3390/healthcare10081523Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health CheckupsRumi Tsukinoki0Yoshitaka Murakami1Haruhiko Imamura2Tomonori Okamura3Department of Public Health Nursing, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, JapanDepartment of Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo 143-8540, JapanGraduate School of Health and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Nagano, Nagano 380-0845, JapanDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, JapanWe examined mothers’ health information sources and their relationships with continued participation in health checkups among urban Japanese mothers. Participants were 152 mothers below 40 years old with one or more children under 12 years old. We collected data at a children’s festival in Tokyo in 2019. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information regarding health checkups, trusted sources of information regarding mother’s health, and anthropological variables. Continued participation in health checkups was defined as participating in health checkups almost every year during the past five years. Logistic regression analysis was used to adjust for health insurance, mothers’ age, number of children, and current medical history. the sources of mothers’ health information trusted by over 20% of mothers in the two groups were “family”, “friends”, “Web/SNS”, and “healthcare professionals.” However, continued participation in health checkups was significantly associated with only the source of health information from “healthcare professionals” (odds ratio: 2.8 [95% confidence interval: 1.26–6.31], <i>p</i> = 0.01). These findings suggest that reliable information from health professionals encourages urban Japanese mothers’ continued participation in health checkups among Japanese mothers under 40 years old who have children under 12 years of age.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/8/1523health checkupshealth informationmothers’ healthhealth professional |
| spellingShingle | Rumi Tsukinoki Yoshitaka Murakami Haruhiko Imamura Tomonori Okamura Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups Healthcare health checkups health information mothers’ health health professional |
| title | Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups |
| title_full | Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups |
| title_fullStr | Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups |
| title_short | Reliable Information from Health Professionals Encourages Urban Japanese Mothers’ Continued Participation in Health Checkups |
| title_sort | reliable information from health professionals encourages urban japanese mothers continued participation in health checkups |
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