The Environment and Children’s Health Care in Northwest China

BMC Pediatrics

Table 6 Significant multivariable predictors of behaviors in managing environmental exposures

Outcome	Predictor (comparison group)	Odds of one point increase in category (95% CI)
Number of affected children	Shaanxi providers (compared with Gansu providers)	2.83 (1.91, 4.19)
Number of affected children	Ningxia providers (compared with Gansu providers)	2.59 (1.55, 4.34)
Number of affected children	Training in previous environmental history taking	2.04 (1.24, 3.36)
Number of referrals	Xinjiang providers (compared with Gansu providers)	0.29 (0.14, 0.58)
Number of referrals	Training in previous environmental history taking	2.20 (1.35, 3.59)
Own environmental health book	Shaanxi providers (compared with Gansu providers)	3.42 (1.57, 7.44)
Own environmental health book	Xinjiang providers (compared with Gansu providers)	43.3 (13.2, 142)
Own environmental health book	Specialty providers (compared with primary care providers)	0.17 (0.08, 0.38)
Own environmental health book	Training in previous environmental history taking	2.41 (1.02, 5.67)
Environmental health training	Xinjiang providers (compared with Gansu providers)	2.64 (1.30, 3.81)
Environmental health training	Specialty providers (compared with primary care providers)	2.91 (1.08, 7.81)
Environmental health training	Percent public patients	0.99 (0.97, 0.997)

For all Likert scales, multinomial logistic analyses were performed to predict odds of higher (or lower) beliefs/attitudes/practices towards the environment and children’s health, in relation to each of the following: age, gender, province, years in practice, practice type, percent public assistance and previous training in environmental history taking (except when previous training was the outcome), while controlling for all other variables. Results not listed imply p > 0.05.

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