Coverage of Health Information by Different Sources in Communities: Implication for COVID-19 Epidemic Response

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Bach, Xuan Tran
Anh, Kim Dang
Phong, Khanh Thai
Huong, Thi Le
Xuan, Thanh Thi Le
Toan, Thanh Thi Do
Tu, Huu Nguyen
Hai, Quang Pham
Hai, Thanh Phan
Giang, Thu Vu
Dung, Tri Phung
Son, Hong Nghiem
Thu, Ha Nguyen
Trung, Dinh Tran
Khanh, Nam Do
Dat, Van Truong
Giap, Van Vu
Latkin, Carl A
Ho, Roger CM
Ho, Cyrus SH
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2020
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Health personnel and community workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 emergency response and need to be equipped with adequate knowledge related to epidemics for an effective response. This study aimed to identify the coverage of COVID-19 health information via different sources accessed by health workers and community workers in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study using a web-based survey was carried out from January to February 2020 in Vietnam. Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was used for recruiting participants. We utilized the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to examine the construct validity of the questionnaire. A higher percentage of participants knew about "Clinical and pathogen characteristics of COVID-19", compared to "Regulations and policies related to COVID-19". The percentage of participants accessing the information on "Guidelines and policies on prevention and control of COVID-19" was the lowest, especially among medical students. "Mass media and peer-educators" channels had a higher score of accessing COVID-19 information, compared to "Organizations/ agencies/ associations" sources. Participants consumed most of their COVID-19 information via "Internet, online newspapers, social networks". Our findings indicate an urgency to re-design training programs and communication activities for a more effective dissemination of information related to the COVID-19 epidemic or epidemics in general.

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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17

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10

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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Clinical sciences

Health services and systems

Public health

COVID-19

Vietnam

health communication

social networks

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Tran, BX; Dang, AK; Thai, PK; Le, HT; Le, XTT; Do, TTT; Nguyen, TH; Pham, HQ; Phan, HT; Vu, GT; Phung, DT; Nghiem, SH; Nguyen, TH; Tran, TD; Do, KN; Truong, DV; Vu, GV; Latkin, CA; Ho, RCM; Ho, CSH, Coverage of Health Information by Different Sources in Communities: Implication for COVID-19 Epidemic Response, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17 (10), pp. 3577:1-3577:12

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