Associations between media use and health information-seeking behavior on vaccinations in South Korea
Associations between media use and health information-seeking behavior on vaccinations in South Korea
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DOI：
10.1186/s12889-017-4721-x
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发表时间：
2017-09-11
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Jung, Minsoo
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作者：
Kim, Jiyeon;Jung, Minsoo
背景：尽管疫苗接种对预防新发传染病至关重要，但对风险沟通的研究很少。在社会经济特征、健康行为和潜在疾病得到控制的情况下，我们调查了人群中媒体使用、健康信息寻求行为、健康信息类型和疫苗接种之间的关系。方法：本研究基于一项针对韩国成年人的全国性调查（n = 1367）。参与者为20岁及以上的成年男性和女性。2014年7月进行了网络和面对面调查。主要结果是疫苗接种（分为是或否）。自变量为媒体使用时间、健康信息搜寻行为频率和健康信息搜寻类型。结果：控制协变量，进行逻辑回归分析，以确定影响韩国成年人接种疫苗的因素。结果显示，获取有关新发传染病的信息、收听广播和阅读报纸与接种疫苗的几率增加有关。积极寻求健康信息以及女性和较高的社会经济地位与韩国成年人接种疫苗呈正相关。结论：促进健康信息寻求行为，利用多种媒体渠道提高新发传染病和疫苗接种的接受度和认知度至关重要。由于不同社会阶层对疫苗接种的认识存在差异，因此减少沟通不平等，加强疫苗接种的可及性，制定适当的风险沟通策略，确保韩国成年人接种疫苗至关重要。
Background: Although vaccinations are critical for preventing emerging infectious diseases, scant research has been conducted on risk communication. With socio-economic characteristics, health behavior, and underlying diseases under control, we investigated associations between media use, health information-seeking behavior, health information type, and vaccination in the population.Methods: This study relied on a national survey of Korean adults (n = 1367). Participants were adult males and females age 20 and older. Web and face-to-face surveys were conducted throughout July 2014. The main outcome was vaccination (categorized as yes or no). Independent variables were time spent on media, frequency of health information-seeking behavior, and types of health information sought.Results: Controlling for co-variates, logistic regression analysis was conducted to identify factors that influence Korean adults being vaccinated. Results revealed that accessible information about emerging infectious diseases, listening to the radio, and reading the newspaper were associated with increased odds of being vaccinated. Active seeking health information as well as being female and of higher socio-economic status were positively correlated with Korean adults being vaccinated.Conclusion: It is critical to promote health information-seeking behavior and use diverse media channels to increase acceptance and awareness of emerging infectious diseases and vaccinations. Because there are differences in vaccination awareness depending on social class, it is critical to reduce communication inequality, strengthen accessibility to vaccinations, and devise appropriate risk communication strategies that ensure Korean adults receive vaccinations.