海外遊學生傳染病威脅與預防行為研究

A Study on the Self-Health Management of Overseas Learning Students

潘豐泉(Frank F. C. Pan) ； 劉靜慧(Jin-Hui Liou) ； Chun-Yao Zhang

《寶建醫護與管理雜誌》 12卷2期 (2014/12) Pp. 88-98

https://doi.org/10.29681/PCJHM.201412_12(2).0007

摘要

遊學在台灣日漸普及，但現階段對於遊學相關的研究大部分探討的是消費者行為、英語學習態度、英語學習成效等，罕有以旅遊醫學的角度探討遊學生自我健康管理的研究。事實上，遊學生身處異鄉，健康問題十分值得重視，尤其是傳染病方面。若能增進學生健康的態度及行為，進而可提升遊自我健康管理及遊學旅程的安全性。有鑑於此，本研究欲分析遊學生健康信念對自我健康管理行為是否有影響。本研究以健康信念模式為基礎，分析遊學生對於疾病之威脅認知，以之檢測其出國遊學之前中後的傳染病預防行為。本研究之樣本為我國國民計畫或曾經遊學的學生，收集207份預備遊學之學生樣本，進行描述性分析與迴歸分析，探討台灣海外遊學學生之對感染傳染病之威脅認知狀況，以及改自覺狀況對對自我健康管理行為之影響。本研究之結果顯示，遊學生對於遊學被感染之警覺性仍待加強。疾病威脅感對對傳染病預防行為有正向影響。研究結果亦顯示，醫療專業機構，不是學生獲取健康相關資訊，以及出國前諮詢有關傳染病之主要對象，此對醫療事業機構與主辦海外遊學機構等具有重要參考價值。

關鍵字

遊學 ； 旅遊傳染病 ； 健康信念模式

並列摘要

Along with the prevalence of overseas learning tour inTaiwan, academic studies on this issue were limited to dimensions of consumerbehavior regarding a study tour. Few, if any, studies had exploredstudents' self-health management from a medicaltourismperspective. Healthproblems were important issues that worthy of attention for those students undertook overseas study tour, especially interms ofinfectious diseases.Students equipped with health awareness can accordingly improve their preventive behavior.Thus, this study analyzed whether the students' disease threats have an effect on preventive behavior. Based on the health belief model, this research collected207samples from students who had experienced or planned to join an overseas study tour to complete a questionnaire. Test results proved that perceived threats positively affected the preventive behavior. Results alsoindicated that students were not very much alerted about some infectious sources. Healthcare facilities were neither a major source for students to acquire health nor to consult for infectious diseases. Healthcare facilities, sponsored organizations were recommended to include this phenomenon as an important reference.

並列關鍵字

Study tour ； Travelers' diarrhea ； Health Belief Model ； Importance-Performance Analysis