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Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout China in January 2020. To contain the virus outbreak, the Chinese government took extraordinary measures in terms of public policy, wherein accurate and timely dissemination of information plays a crucial role. Despite all of the efforts toward s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8787119/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.554038 |
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author | Zhou, Wen He, Leshui Nie, Xuanhua Wuri, Taoketaohu Piao, Jinhai Chen, Dunshan Gao, Hui Liu, Jianmin Tubden, Kyedrub He, Ming He, Jun |
author_facet | Zhou, Wen He, Leshui Nie, Xuanhua Wuri, Taoketaohu Piao, Jinhai Chen, Dunshan Gao, Hui Liu, Jianmin Tubden, Kyedrub He, Ming He, Jun |
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description | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout China in January 2020. To contain the virus outbreak, the Chinese government took extraordinary measures in terms of public policy, wherein accurate and timely dissemination of information plays a crucial role. Despite all of the efforts toward studying this health emergency, little is known about the effectiveness of public policies that support health communication during such a crisis to disseminate knowledge for self-protection. Particularly, we focus on the accuracy and timeliness of knowledge dissemination on COVID-19 among people in remote regions—a topic largely omitted in existing research. In February 2020, at the early-stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, a questionnaire survey was carried out. In total, 8,520 participants from seven less economically developed provinces situated in the borderlands of China with large ethnic minority groups responded. We analyzed the data through poisson regression and logistic regression analyses. We found that (1) people in remote regions of China obtained accurate information on COVID-19. Further, they were able to take appropriate measures to protect themselves. (2) Result from both descriptive analysis and multivariable regression analysis revealed that there is no large difference in the accuracy of information among groups. (3) Older, less educated, and rural respondents received information with a significant delay, whereas highly educated, younger, urban residents and those who obtained information through online media were more likely to have received the news of the outbreak sooner and to be up to date on the information. This research provides evidence that disadvantage people in remote regions obtained accurate and essential information required to act in an appropriate manner in responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, they obtained knowledge on COVID-19 at a slower pace than other people; thus, further improvement in the timely dissemination of information among disadvantage people in remote regions is warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-87871192022-01-26 Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak Zhou, Wen He, Leshui Nie, Xuanhua Wuri, Taoketaohu Piao, Jinhai Chen, Dunshan Gao, Hui Liu, Jianmin Tubden, Kyedrub He, Ming He, Jun Front Public Health Public Health Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout China in January 2020. To contain the virus outbreak, the Chinese government took extraordinary measures in terms of public policy, wherein accurate and timely dissemination of information plays a crucial role. Despite all of the efforts toward studying this health emergency, little is known about the effectiveness of public policies that support health communication during such a crisis to disseminate knowledge for self-protection. Particularly, we focus on the accuracy and timeliness of knowledge dissemination on COVID-19 among people in remote regions—a topic largely omitted in existing research. In February 2020, at the early-stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, a questionnaire survey was carried out. In total, 8,520 participants from seven less economically developed provinces situated in the borderlands of China with large ethnic minority groups responded. We analyzed the data through poisson regression and logistic regression analyses. We found that (1) people in remote regions of China obtained accurate information on COVID-19. Further, they were able to take appropriate measures to protect themselves. (2) Result from both descriptive analysis and multivariable regression analysis revealed that there is no large difference in the accuracy of information among groups. (3) Older, less educated, and rural respondents received information with a significant delay, whereas highly educated, younger, urban residents and those who obtained information through online media were more likely to have received the news of the outbreak sooner and to be up to date on the information. This research provides evidence that disadvantage people in remote regions obtained accurate and essential information required to act in an appropriate manner in responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, they obtained knowledge on COVID-19 at a slower pace than other people; thus, further improvement in the timely dissemination of information among disadvantage people in remote regions is warranted. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8787119/ /pubmed/35087779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.554038 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zhou, He, Nie, Wuri, Piao, Chen, Gao, Liu, Tubden, He and He. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Zhou, Wen He, Leshui Nie, Xuanhua Wuri, Taoketaohu Piao, Jinhai Chen, Dunshan Gao, Hui Liu, Jianmin Tubden, Kyedrub He, Ming He, Jun Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title | Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title_full | Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title_fullStr | Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title_full_unstemmed | Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title_short | Accuracy and Timeliness of Knowledge Dissemination on COVID-19 Among People in Rural and Remote Regions of China at the Early Stage of Outbreak |
title_sort | accuracy and timeliness of knowledge dissemination on covid-19 among people in rural and remote regions of china at the early stage of outbreak |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8787119/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35087779 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.554038 |
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