OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (16): 2235-2239.

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Current status and influencing factors of infectious disease prevention and control literacy among urban and rural residents in Anhui Province in 2022

FU Yuansheng1, XU De1, XIE Jianrong1, WANG Zhimin1, XIA Yuanrui1, FAN Yinguang2   

  1. 1. Department of Health Education,Anhui Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Hefei,Anhui 230601,China;
    2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,Anhui Medical University,Hefei,Anhui 230032,China
  • Received:2025-01-02 Revised:2025-01-14 Online:2025-08-15 Published:2025-12-13
  • Contact: FAN Yinguang,Associate professor,E-mail:fanyinguang@163.com

Abstract: Objective To understand the level of infectious disease prevention and control literacy among urban and rural residents in Anhui Province in 2022,explore related influencing factors,and provide evidence for enhancing residents' ability to prevent and control infectious diseases. Methods From June to September 2022,a stratified,multi-stage,simple random sampling method combined with probability proportionate to size sampling(PPS) was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among permanent urban and rural residents aged 15-69 years old in 38 monitoring sites in Anhui Province. Results A total of 16 080 people were surveyed,including 7 648(47.56%) in urban areas and 8 432(52.44%) in rural areas. After weighted adjustment,the level of infectious disease prevention and control literacy among residents in Anhui Province in 2022 was 22.33%. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that education level,age,occupation,and smoking were the influencing factors of infectious disease prevention and control literacy among urban and rural residents in Anhui Province. Compared with the illiterate/less literate,the OR values of primary school,junior high school,senior high school/vocational high school/technical secondary school,college/bachelor degree and above were 2.182(95%CI:1.678-2.839),4.167(95%CI:3.247-5.348),6.201(95%CI:4.759-8.081) and 9.535(95%CI:7.286-12.480),respectively. Compared with the 65-69 year-old age group,the OR values of 15-<25,25-<35,35-<45,45-<55 and 55-<65 year-old age group were 2.470(95%CI:1.889-3.230),2.315(95%CI:1.796-2.984),2.275(95%CI:1.767-2.929),2.010(95%CI:1.567-2.577) and 1.529(95%CI:1.182-1.977),respectively. Compared with smoking,the OR value of non-smoking was 1.199(95%CI:1.083-1.327). Compared with farmers,the OR values of civil servants/personnel of public institutions and other were 1.184(95%CI:1.026-1.368) and 1.212(95%CI:1.062-1.384),respectively. Conclusion The level of infectious disease prevention and control literacy among urban and rural residents in Anhui Province is relatively low,and factors such as educational level,age,and occupation are important influencing factors of infectious disease prevention and control literacy.

Key words: Infectious disease prevention and control literacy, Residents, Influencing factors

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