A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea
Abstract Public health nurses are performing various roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: counseling, surveillance, specimen collection, epidemiological investigation, education, and vaccination. This study investigated their disaster competencies in the context of emerging infectious diseases, and i...
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| description | Abstract Public health nurses are performing various roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: counseling, surveillance, specimen collection, epidemiological investigation, education, and vaccination. This study investigated their disaster competencies in the context of emerging infectious diseases, and identified their influencing factors based on Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory. A convenience sample of 242 was selected from public health nurses working in a metropolitan city of South Korea. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS Statistics ver. 23.0. Results showed that the significant factors influencing disaster competencies included “willingness to respond to a disaster,” “preventive behavior,” “experience of receiving education on emerging infectious diseases response,” “public health center experience,” “job satisfaction,” and “education.” This regression model explained 33.2% of the variance in disaster competencies. “Willingness to respond to a disaster” was the strongest factor affecting disaster competencies. Based on these results, it is concluded that interventions to improve disaster competencies and psychological well-being of public health nurses are needed. Additionally, strategies such as creating a supportive work environment, deploying experienced nurses primarily on the front line, and reducing the tasks of permanent public health nurses should be implemented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-620066452ae84eb9814a3b3e2b9be6072022-12-22T00:10:19ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582022-04-0122111510.1186/s12889-022-13091-2A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in KoreaEunjoo Hong0Aeri Jung1Kyungmi Woo2College of Nursing, Seoul National UniversityCollege of Nursing, Eulji UniversityCollege of Nursing, Seoul National UniversityAbstract Public health nurses are performing various roles during the COVID-19 pandemic: counseling, surveillance, specimen collection, epidemiological investigation, education, and vaccination. This study investigated their disaster competencies in the context of emerging infectious diseases, and identified their influencing factors based on Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory. A convenience sample of 242 was selected from public health nurses working in a metropolitan city of South Korea. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS Statistics ver. 23.0. Results showed that the significant factors influencing disaster competencies included “willingness to respond to a disaster,” “preventive behavior,” “experience of receiving education on emerging infectious diseases response,” “public health center experience,” “job satisfaction,” and “education.” This regression model explained 33.2% of the variance in disaster competencies. “Willingness to respond to a disaster” was the strongest factor affecting disaster competencies. Based on these results, it is concluded that interventions to improve disaster competencies and psychological well-being of public health nurses are needed. Additionally, strategies such as creating a supportive work environment, deploying experienced nurses primarily on the front line, and reducing the tasks of permanent public health nurses should be implemented.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13091-2COVID-19Disaster competenciesEmerging infectious diseasesPublic health nursesSelf-determination theory |
| spellingShingle | Eunjoo Hong Aeri Jung Kyungmi Woo A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea BMC Public Health COVID-19 Disaster competencies Emerging infectious diseases Public health nurses Self-determination theory |
| title | A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea |
| title_full | A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea |
| title_fullStr | A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea |
| title_short | A cross-sectional study on public health nurses' disaster competencies and influencing factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea |
| title_sort | cross sectional study on public health nurses disaster competencies and influencing factors during the covid 19 pandemic in korea |
| topic | COVID-19 Disaster competencies Emerging infectious diseases Public health nurses Self-determination theory |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13091-2 |
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