Influential factors for application of appropriate health technology in rural areas

Objective To explore the influential factors for application of appropriate health technology in the rural areas of Henan province.Methods An anonymous questionnaire survey was conducted among 3 016 medical personnel working in rural medical institutions and multifactor logistic regression model was applied in data analysis.Results Among the respondents,93.04% expected appropriated health technology be promoted in local area and 98.08% were willing to master some new appropriate health technology.Age,professional title,and education level had close relation with the attitude to the application of appropriate health technology(P<0.05).Influential factors on the application of appropriate health technology included age(odds ratioOR=0.868),professional title(OR=1.220),education(OR=1.474),technical proficiency of the doctor(OR=2.518),recognition of the leadership(OR=3.321),technical efficacy(OR=3.118),training of the doctors(OR=2.192),public acceptance(OR=2.109),price of the health service(OR=0.559),and hospital management system(OR=1.261).Conclusion Appropriate health technology could be adopted by the doctors working in the rural medical institutions.It is important to enhance management and establish encouragement for ensuring the effectiveness of popularization and application of appropriate health technology in rural area.