Determining the knowledge on helicobacter pylori,government programs, environmental factors, and media influence on the health behaviors among low-income residents in fujian province: a basis for program development
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study determined the level of knowledge on Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection, perception of government programmes and support, media influence, environmental factors, and health among low-income residents in Fujian Prov-ince, China. The data were collected through structured ques-tionnaires ad-ministered to 516 low-income adult residents aged 18–65 years in Xiamen City, Fujian, who met the municipal low-income criteria. A stratified random sam-pling method was used to obtain samples, with a total of n=516 valid question-naires collected. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, mul-tiple regres-sion, and moderation analysis were used to examine the relation-ships and pre-dictive power among the variables. The findings showed that There is a signifi-cant positive correlation between H. pylori knowledge, gov-ernment programs and support, media influence, environmental factors, and health behaviors (all tests p<.001); the final model of multiple regression has good explanatory power (R²=0.618, overall F test p<.001), with environmental factors having the most significant impact on overall health behaviors (main effect t=12.66, p<.001). The conclusions remain robust after controlling for age, gender, marital status, and educational level; significant differences were also found in inter-group com-parisons based on demographic characteristics (p<.05). The study provided evi-dence-based recommendations for designing targeted public health interven-tions, government support programs, enhancing media communication strate-gies, and improving environmental health policies to reduce H. pylori infection rates and improve the overall health of low-income communities in China.
DOI: 10.63313/ijed.9020
Authors: Songlin Fang, Maribel C. Balagtas, DrPH
Institution: Adventist University of the Philippines
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414585998