OPPORTUNITIES FOR USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FOR ADIPOSITY PREVENTION AMONG WOMEN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594.2.1.2021.235356Keywords:
women, adiposity, prevention, information and communication channelsAbstract
The aim: Study the women's vision of urban and rural locality considering the opportunities to use information and communication channels for adiposity prevention.
Materials and methods: 276 women took part in the study, who reside in Transcarpathian region. The article examines women's awareness of the adiposity issue and their opinion on the information and communication channels use aiming at disease prevention. Results: it was found that 56.3±9.9% of women residing in the urban areas and 56.7±7.2% of rural women prefer the internet sites of health care institutions and the internet pages of well-known doctors as a source of information. 79.2±8.1% and 78.9±6.0% of urban and rural women surveyed trust information from the official pages of healthcare institutions, respectively, and 10.4±6.1% and 8.9±4.2% of respondents rely upon information from the internet pages of well-known doctors, respectively.
It was determined that 62.5±9.7% of urban women and 60.0±7.2% of rural women are ready to undergo the preventive measures under special preventive programs through social sites.
Conclusions: the women in urban and rural areas are characterized by insufficient awareness of the adiposity problem. The use of information and communication channels for medical and preventive purposes in order to solve this problem and increase motivation to preserve individual health is becoming particularly relevant.
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