Factors influencing demand for emergency education for college students in Liaoning Province / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To understand demand for emergency education among college students and to analyze the influencing factors, to provide the evidence for college to make prevention and controlling measures.@*Methods@#A survey was conducted among college students who were selected by stratified random sampling from 4 colleges in Liaoning Province, and data were analyzed using general descriptive analysis, chi-square test and multivariate Logistic regression analysis.@*Results@#There were 90.7% of college students who had urgent needs for emergency education. Students who were female(93.9%), seniors(94.4%), learning in medical colleges(97.6%), having mothers with higher education levels(92.6%), and living in urban areas(94.4%) had higher educational needs. Multivariate analysis showed that gender (OR=5.00), school category (OR=3.87), emergency attitude (OR=8.02), active learning behavior (OR=3.91), emergency knowledge self-assessment (OR=6.64) were influencing factors(P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#The emergency knowledge and preparation of college students were insufficient and emergency education was needed. The government and schools should strengthen their attention and input, develop more effective ways to disseminate emergency knowledge among students so as to improve their response ability.