Knowledge, beliefs, preventive behaviors and preferred information sources associated with osteoporosis among Chinese nursing students in Hong Kong

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu-tak, Ruth Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Preventive Behaviors

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Disparities in eHealth Literacy and Preventive Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: Cross-sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziqiu Guo ◽  
Sheng Zhi Zhao ◽  
Ningyuan Guo ◽  
Yongda Wu ◽  
Xue Weng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Socioeconomic Disparities ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Ehealth Literacy ◽  
Surgical Masks ◽  
High Adherence

BACKGROUND eHealth literacy can potentially facilitate web-based information seeking and taking informed measures. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate socioeconomic disparities in eHealth literacy and seeking of web-based information on COVID-19, and their associations with COVID-19 preventive behaviors. METHODS The COVID-19 Health Information Survey (CoVHIns), using telephonic (n=500) and web-based surveys (n=1001), was conducted among adults in Hong Kong in April 2020. The Chinese eHealth literacy scale (eHEALS; score range 8-40) was used to measure eHealth literacy. COVID-19 preventive behaviors included wearing surgical masks, wearing fabric masks, washing hands, social distancing, and adding water or bleach to the household drainage system. Adjusted beta coefficients and the slope indices of inequality for the eHEALS score by socioeconomic status, adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for seeking of web-based information on COVID-19 by socioeconomic status, and aORs for the high adherence to preventive behaviors by the eHEALS score and seeking of web-based information on COVID-19 were calculated. RESULTS The mean eHEALS score was 26.10 (SD 7.70). Age was inversely associated with the eHEALS score, but education and personal income were positively associated with the eHEALS score and seeking of web-based information on COVID-19 (for all, <i>P</i> for trend&lt;.05). Participants who sought web-based information on COVID-19 showed high adherence to the practice of wearing surgical masks (aOR 1.56, 95% CI 1.15-2.13), washing hands (aOR 1.33, 95% CI 1.05-1.71), social distancing (aOR 1.48, 95% CI 1.14-1.93), and adding water or bleach to the household drainage system (aOR 1.67, 95% CI 1.28-2.18). Those with the highest eHEALS score displayed high adherence to the practice of wearing surgical masks (aOR 3.84, 95% CI 1.63-9.05), washing hands (aOR 4.14, 95% CI 2.46-6.96), social distancing (aOR 2.25, 95% CI 1.39-3.65), and adding water or bleach to the household drainage system (aOR 1.94, 95% CI 1.19-3.16), compared to those with the lowest eHEALS score. CONCLUSIONS Chinese adults with a higher socioeconomic status had higher eHealth literacy and sought more web-based information on COVID-19; both these factors were associated with a high adherence to the guidelines for preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Promoting sleep among undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. S234-S235
Author(s):  
J. Chan ◽  
S. Lam ◽  
M. Cheung ◽  
K. Lee ◽  
J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

scholarly journals Resilience and well-being of university nursing students in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka Ming CHOW ◽  
Wing Ki Fiona TANG ◽  
Wing Han Carmen CHAN ◽  
Wing Hung Janet SIT ◽  
Kai Chow CHOI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Voices From a Minority

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. C. Y. Chan ◽  
C. W. Lui ◽  
K. L. Cheung ◽  
K. K. Hung ◽  
K. H. Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Face To Face

In Hong Kong, males constituted only about 10.2% of the nursing workforce in 2010. The learning experiences of male nursing students in Hong Kong during their clinical practicum have rarely been explored. If these students cannot maintain their psychological well-being and psychological health in formal education and clinical placements, then their physical health will also suffer. This ethnographic qualitative study gave male nursing students in Hong Kong a chance to voice their experiences during their clinical practicum. Selected through snowball sampling, 18 male nursing students from a local university participated in individual face-to-face semistructured interviews. The data were processed with content analysis. The findings indicated that male students not only received more support and understanding from male rather than female members of staff but endured a certain amount of oppression while working in female wards. According to the students’ comments on nursing culture, the work climate of male nursing students could be improved by reorganizing the clinical placements and providing extra support to male nursing students.

The Relationship Between Role Conception and Ethical Behaviour of Student Nurses in Hong Kong

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Ha-ping Yung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Service Role ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Role Conception ◽  
Role Conceptions ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Role Discrepancy

This paper was designed to explore the relationships of three role conception types (the professional, bureaucratic and service role conceptions) to the ethical behaviour of student nurses from the apprenticeship and degree nursing programmes in Hong Kong. The effect of role discrepancy on ethical behaviour will also be explored. A nonprobability convenience sampling of 140 certificate students from a hospital-based training course and 81 degree nursing students from a tertiary programme were selected. Role conception and role discrepancy were measured by the modified Nursing Role Conception scale originally developed by Corwin. For ethical behaviour, the Judgement About Nursing Decisions scale developed by Ketefian was used. Multiple regression analyses showed that the ideal professional role conception was a significant predictor, accounting for 17% of the variance in the ideal ethical score of the degree students. Actual service role conception was a better predictor of the actual ethical score, explaining 10% and 14% of its variance for the certificate and degree students respectively. Professional and bureaucratic role discrepancies together were found to have a negative effect on the actual ethical behaviour of the degree students. These results suggest that professional values that have been developed through socialization in nurse education programmes could benefit patients only when degree students, in particular, could adapt successfully to the demands of bureaucratic organization.

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