Table 4 The attitude of primary care medical staffs towards public health emergencies associated problems
Items | Urban medical staffs | Rural medical staffs | Total | χ2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awareness of risk management | |||||
Strong(%) | 23.9 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 1.657 | 0.437 |
Normal(%) | 66.5 | 65.4 | 66.1 | 0.435 | 0.510 |
Weak(%) | 9.6 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 1.513 | 0.219 |
Propaganda of health emergencies | |||||
Poor(%) | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.048 | 0.306 |
Not enough(%) | 69.5 | 73.3 | 71.1 | 5.770 | 0.016 |
Enough (%) | 26.1 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 3.627 | 0.057 |
Response capacity of health emergencies | |||||
Strong(%) | 17.2 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 0.392 | 0.822 |
Normal(%) | 71.8 | 71.9 | 71.9 | 0.007 | 0.931 |
Weak(%) | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 0.213 | 0.644 |
The weakest part of response capacity | |||||
Response to important infectious diseases(%) | 28.4 | 29.2 | 28.7 | 0.271 | 0.603 |
Response to diseases of unknown cause(%) | 46.2 | 47.4 | 46.7 | 0.463 | 0.496 |
Response to major food poisoning(%) | 6.1 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 3.942 | 0.047 |
0.021Response to occupational poisoning(%) | 15.6 | 12.8 | 14.4 | 5.309 | 0.021 |
Others(%) | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.728 | 0.099 |
Main objective factors leading to the poor response capacity (multiple choices) | |||||
a shortage of staff(%) | 83.9 | 78.6 | 83.0 | 6.799 | 0.147 |
a lack of equipment(%) | 80.9 | 80.3 | 80.6 | 8.228 | 0.084 |
aging equipment(%) | 77.7 | 77.5 | 77.6 | 2.318 | 0.678 |
Primary hospital should be involved in warning and monitoring (%) | 84.9 | 88.8 | 86.6 | 34.359 | 0.000 |
should assist epidemiological investigations(%) | 90.5 | 88.5 | 89.7 | 11.228 | 0.024 |
should provide emergency training(%) | 87.1 | 83.0 | 85.3 | 13.131 | 0.011 |