Countermeasures against the spread of COVID-19 have become an urgent issue in educational settings, where many group activities are necessary. Educators are key to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in educational settings. Infection prevention behavior requires comprehensive and complex measures such as self-restraint. disinfection care, hand washing, wearing masks and recommendation and implementation of vaccination. Improvement in the knowledge, skills, and preventive actions of educators vis-à-vis COVID-19 could allow for the continued provision of educational services while ensuring safety in educational settings. Therefore, the objective of this study was to explore the knowledge and preventive actions of educators regarding COVID-19 and vaccination awareness to provide appropriate support for educators. The study used data collected from 1,000 Japanese educators in January 2021 when the third wave of viral infections spread. Online surveys and multivariate linear regression analysis were used to determine age and whether respondents were being cared for by a doctor. We investigated the effects of factors on educators' willingness to be vaccinated and changes in their behavior. This study found that factors such as age, gender, whether a respondent was under a physician's care, and health literacy, affected the willingness of educators to receive vaccinations and engage in preventive actions. The study also suggests that the reliability of national government public relations efforts is lower than the reliability of local government public relations and that of information from family physicians, pharmacies, and mass media. It is therefore necessary to reexamine how information is disseminated by the national government and to increase the degree of trust in that information among the public. The findings of the study also revealed the importance of improving the provision of appropriate information and health literacy for the behavior of educators, not only during the initial outbreak, but also during the subsequent period of pandemic life.

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日本教育工作者对 COVID-19、疫苗接种意图和健康素养的知识和预防措施：一项在线调查。

在需要进行许多集体活动的教育环境中，针对 COVID-19 传播的对策已成为一个紧迫的问题。教育工作者是防止 COVID-19 在教育环境中传播的关键。感染预防行为需要自我约束等综合复杂的措施。消毒护理、洗手、戴口罩和推荐并实施疫苗接种。教育工作者针对 COVID-19 的知识、技能和预防措施的改进可以允许继续提供教育服务，同时确保教育环境的安全。因此，本研究的目的是探索教育工作者关于 COVID-19 和疫苗接种意识的知识和预防措施，为教育工作者提供适当的支持。该研究使用了从 1、000 日本教育工作者在 2021 年 1 月第三波病毒感染蔓延时。在线调查和多元线性回归分析用于确定受访者的年龄以及受访者是否由医生照顾。我们调查了因素对教育者接种疫苗的意愿及其行为变化的影响。该研究发现，诸如年龄、性别、受访者是否接受医生护理以及健康素养等因素会影响教育工作者接受疫苗接种和参与预防行动的意愿。该研究还表明，国家政府公共关系工作的可靠性低于地方政府公共关系以及家庭医生、药房和大众媒体信息的可靠性。因此，有必要重新审视国家政府如何传播信息，并提高公众对这些信息的信任度。研究结果还揭示了为教育工作者的行为提供适当信息和健康素养的重要性，不仅在最初爆发期间，而且在随后的大流行期间也是如此。