Investigation on infectious disease-specific health literacy of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises

XIE Yan; ZHANG Xue-jun; XIE Zheng; HUANG Yang-mu

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.009

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XIE Yan, ZHANG Xue-jun, XIE Zheng, HUANG Yang-mu. Investigation on infectious disease-specific health literacy of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(8): 918-922. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.009

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XIE Yan, ZHANG Xue-jun, XIE Zheng, HUANG Yang-mu. Investigation on infectious disease-specific health literacy of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(8): 918-922. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.009

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XIE Yan, ZHANG Xue-jun, XIE Zheng, HUANG Yang-mu. Investigation on infectious disease-specific health literacy of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(8): 918-922. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.009

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Investigation on infectious disease-specific health literacy of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.009

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Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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Petroleum Occupational Health Technical Service Center, China National Petroleum Corporation, Langfang 065000, China

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Corresponding author: HUANG Yang-mu, E-mail: ymhuang@bjmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-12-01
Rev Recd Date: 2021-01-28

Available Online: 2021-08-24

Publish Date: 2021-08-10

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Objective To investigate the infectious disease-specific health literacy (IDSHL) level of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises and its influencing factors, providing evidence-based recommendation for infection prevention and control practices. Methods A cluster sampling design was adopted to select employees of China National Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Corporation who participated in overseas training from September to December 2019. A self-designed questionnaire was conducted to explore the IDSHL level and influencing factors among employees. Results Overall, the employee's IDSHL rate was 51.5%. Univariate analysis showed that the IDSHL rate of female employees was higher than that of male employees (χ² =4.559, P=0.045), IDSHL rate of those aged < 50 was higher than those aged ≥50 (χ² =6.027, P=0.015), and IDSHL rate of managers was higher than operators (χ² =53.025, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that education level and occupation type were the main factors influencing IDSHL. Compared with employees with primary school education, IDSHL rates were higher in those with junior high school (OR=3.847, 95% CI: 0.476-31.086, P=0.206), high school/technical secondary school/vocational high school (OR=7.439, 95% CI: 0.932-59.377, P=0.058), junior college/ university (OR=15.887, 95% CI: 1.992-126.673, P=0.009) education and those have master's degree or above (OR=14.581, 95% CI: 1.681-126.479, P=0.015). IDSHL rates of managers were higher than operators (OR=1.588, 95% CI: 1.105-2.281, P=0.012). Conclusion The IDSHL level of Chinese expatriates in engineering construction enterprises is relatively low, and the main influencing factors are education level, occupation type and age. Our study recommends that enterprises should carry out health education training on infectious diseases prevention and control before their employees go abroad. The training should pay more attention on those with high school education or less, operators and employees over 50 years old.
- Expatriates,
- Infectious disease,
- Health literacy

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