Department of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Control, Longhua Key Discipline of Public Health for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Longhua Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2021 Aug 20;9:706830. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.706830. eCollection 2021.
Adequate understanding and precautionary behaviors are of vital importance to contain the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To date, the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID-19 among different populations have been reported, whereas such information is unavailable in teachers. We aimed to investigate the KAP of teachers associated with COVID-19 during the global outbreak. A large-scale population-based survey was conducted to gather information on COVID-19-related KAP among Chinese teachers using a self-administered questionnaire. We received 10,658 responses in April 2020, out of which 8,248 were enrolled in the final analysis. Participants responded to a self-administered questionnaire concerning demographic characteristics and KAP associated with COVID-19. This work included 4,252 (51.6%) teachers in kindergartens, 2,644 (32.1%) teachers in primary schools, and 1,352 (16.4%) teachers in secondary schools. The knowledge level (mean: 4.46 out of seven points) was relatively lower than the levels of attitudes (mean: 3.27 out of four points) and practices (mean: 4.29 out of five points) toward COVID-19. Knowledge scores significantly varied by the collected demographic variables except education worksite ( < 0.05), whereas practice scores significantly differed in age groups ( < 0.05), education level ( < 0.001), education worksite ( < 0.001), and years of teaching ( < 0.001). The multivariate logistic analysis indicated that poor knowledge related to COVID-19 was common among men, younger, and less-educated teachers. In contrast, female teachers and those with higher education levels tend to have good practices against COVID-19. The present work suggested the knowledge gaps regarding COVID-19 were needed to be corrected immediately in teachers. Given the critical role of teachers in the education system, health authorities should take gender, age, and education level into account when developing suitable health interventions.
充分的理解和预防措施对于控制 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的传播至关重要。迄今为止，已经报道了不同人群对 COVID-19 的知识、态度和行为（KAP），而教师群体的相关信息尚不清楚。我们旨在调查全球疫情期间教师对 COVID-19 的 KAP。
我们开展了一项大规模的基于人群的调查，使用自填式问卷收集中国教师对 COVID-19 相关 KAP 的信息。2020 年 4 月，我们收到了 10658 份答卷，其中 8248 人被纳入最终分析。参与者回答了一份关于人口统计学特征和与 COVID-19 相关的 KAP 的自填式问卷。
这项工作包括幼儿园教师 4252 人（51.6%）、小学教师 2644 人（32.1%）和中学教师 1352 人（16.4%）。知识水平（平均得分为七分中的 4.46 分）相对低于对 COVID-19 的态度（平均得分为四分中的 3.27 分）和实践（平均得分为五分中的 4.29 分）水平。知识得分在除教育工作场所（<0.05）以外的收集的人口统计学变量方面存在显著差异，而实践得分在年龄组（<0.05）、教育水平（<0.001）、教育工作场所（<0.001）和教学年限（<0.001）方面存在显著差异。多变量逻辑分析表明，COVID-19 知识较差的情况在男性、年轻和教育程度较低的教师中更为常见。相比之下，女性教师和教育程度较高的教师更倾向于采取良好的 COVID-19 防范措施。
本研究表明，教师群体对 COVID-19 的认识存在差距，需要立即纠正。鉴于教师在教育系统中的关键作用，卫生当局在制定适宜的卫生干预措施时，应考虑到性别、年龄和教育水平等因素。
