Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran
Objective (s): The Covid-19 or the respiratory acute syndrome disease has become one of the most important health concerns worldwide. Hence, receiving the correct information is a basic need for prevention of the disease. This study aimed to assess how rural population accessed the Covid-19 informat...
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| author | Gholamreza Masoudy Mojtaba kondori Mohammad Hadi Abasi Hosein Ansari Masoumeh Rahdar HosseinAli Sotudeh |
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| description | Objective (s): The Covid-19 or the respiratory acute syndrome disease has become one of the most important health concerns worldwide. Hence, receiving the correct information is a basic need for prevention of the disease. This study aimed to assess how rural population accessed the Covid-19 information.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2022 to February 2023. Using the multi-stage sampling method, nine hundred rural populations from the Sistan, Iran considering the inclusion criteria randomly were entered into the study. Data collection instrument included socio-demographic and specific items. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, percentage) and statistical tests (chi square test, and one-way anova test). The significant level set at p≤ 0.05.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 35.85 ± 12.56 years, and 52.4 percent of the participants were women and 38% had primary education. Data analysis according to different social media showed that 66.6% of participants obtained information through rural health workers and the mean scores of knowledge (14.15±2.84 out of a total score of 16) and preventive behaviors (16.69±4 out of 21) were significantly higher than who obtained information from other different sources. In addition, the lowest source information was radio (8.3%).
Conclusion: According to the findings, rural health workers were the most important source for providing information on Covid-19 among rural population. It seems that the rural health networks have a vital role in health promotion of rural population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2cb90fbe06b24d0fb8595737239868412024-01-09T05:27:02ZfasIranian Institute for Health Sciences ResearchPayesh1680-76262008-45362024-02-01231115126Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, IranGholamreza Masoudy0Mojtaba kondori1Mohammad Hadi Abasi2Hosein Ansari3Masoumeh Rahdar4HosseinAli Sotudeh5 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Health Promotion Research Center of Zabol Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran Objective (s): The Covid-19 or the respiratory acute syndrome disease has become one of the most important health concerns worldwide. Hence, receiving the correct information is a basic need for prevention of the disease. This study aimed to assess how rural population accessed the Covid-19 information. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from April 2022 to February 2023. Using the multi-stage sampling method, nine hundred rural populations from the Sistan, Iran considering the inclusion criteria randomly were entered into the study. Data collection instrument included socio-demographic and specific items. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, percentage) and statistical tests (chi square test, and one-way anova test). The significant level set at p≤ 0.05. Results: The mean age of the participants was 35.85 ± 12.56 years, and 52.4 percent of the participants were women and 38% had primary education. Data analysis according to different social media showed that 66.6% of participants obtained information through rural health workers and the mean scores of knowledge (14.15±2.84 out of a total score of 16) and preventive behaviors (16.69±4 out of 21) were significantly higher than who obtained information from other different sources. In addition, the lowest source information was radio (8.3%). Conclusion: According to the findings, rural health workers were the most important source for providing information on Covid-19 among rural population. It seems that the rural health networks have a vital role in health promotion of rural population.http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-2129-en.pdfcovid-19rural populationinformation sources |
| spellingShingle | Gholamreza Masoudy Mojtaba kondori Mohammad Hadi Abasi Hosein Ansari Masoumeh Rahdar HosseinAli Sotudeh Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran Payesh covid-19 rural population information sources |
| title | Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran |
| title_full | Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran |
| title_short | Access to COVID-19 Information in Rural Communities in Sistan, Iran |
| title_sort | access to covid 19 information in rural communities in sistan iran |
| topic | covid-19 rural population information sources |
| url | http://payeshjournal.ir/article-1-2129-en.pdf |
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