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保密資料1年
公開日期: 2023年9月1日

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Objective: To study the willingness of undergraduate nursing students to participate in anti-epidemic volunteering and its influencing factors in Macao. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to explore the willingness of undergraduate nursing students to volunteer themselves for anti-epidemic activities from November 23, 2021 to February 1, 2022. Targeted sampling and snowball sampling methods were used to recruit students from Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programme (BSN) in two nursing education institutes of Academic Year 2021-2022 in Macao and they participated through completing an online self-administered Chinese-modified Blackwood questionnaire. Results: 234 valid responses were received. Macao nursing students reported high willingness (75.6%) to anti-epidemic volunteering. There was a statistically significant difference among those influencing factors, such as roles in volunteering, knowledge level, moral obligation, student barriers, self and family safety, peer influence and professional identity, and the willingness to respond to anti-epidemic volunteering (p<0.001).In the logistic regression model, respondents were more likely to volunteer when they had clear volunteering role (OR=5.494, 95% CI: 2.328-12.964), volunteering experience more than 1 time (OR=7.611, 95% CI: 2.557-22.659), family who had vaccination and preventive measures (OR=3.080, 95% CI: 1.295-7.324), and their professional identity with altruism (OR=2.701, 95% CI: 1.130-6.456). The concepts of the three dimensional process of risk perception theory were affirmed. Conclusion: Undergraduate nursing students’ willingness to respond to the epidemic through volunteering is worth to being promoted. They could become a great support to the healthcare system that is definitely beneficial to the society as a whole. On top of that, the consolidation of professional identity and belief in altruism could positively interact with emergency volunteerism. It is indeed priceless for the nursing students to have the potential for personal and professional growth.

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保密資料3年
公開日期: 2025年9月1日

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Objective: COVID-19 pandemic brings psychological fear to people due to the rapid spread of information (infodemic). Health literacy is considered helpful to fight against the infodemic during the pandemic. However, because of cultural and language differences, many foreign domestic workers (FDWs) may have limited health literacy. They may have poor levels of health information and become part of a potential chain of communicable diseases. This study aims at finding out the relationship between health literacy and fear amongst FDWs. Method: A cross-sectional survey design study was conducted, using the COVID-19 related health literacy scale (HLS-COVID-19) and COVID-19 fear scale (FCV-19S) self-reported measurement tools. Results: Amongst 379 effective respondents, there are 51.4% who have inadequate or problematic health literacy, and 58.8% have a moderate level of fear. There is a significant negative relationship between health literacy and fear (p<0.001). Older age, females, lower education levels, no regular check-ups, and lack of support are the high-risk group of having misinformation about health among FDWs. Infected family members (p=0.016), together with having physical health care (p=0.010) or body check (p=0.027) as health care reasons (health care habits), and higher health literacy (p<0.001), can adequately explain the fear index (adjusted R2 0.121). Conclusion: This study found that higher levels of health literacy combined with environmental characteristics (health care habits) were the protective factors to fear during the pandemic. Strengthening health literacy and improving health care habits are strategies to promote psychological health in FDWs.