Application of health education of house-to-house visit in malaria preven-tion and control
- VernacularTitle:入户访问健康教育在疟疾预防控制中的应用
- Author:
Wengang ZHOU
;
Yan QU
;
Wenguang WANG
;
Songyuan TANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Malarial;
House-to-house visit;
Health education;
Effectiveness evaluation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control
2014;(5):517-521
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effects of health education of house-to-house visit in malaria prevention and control in the border and minority areas. Methods A health education of house-to-house visit in malaria prevention and control was car-ried out,and baseline and follow up surveys were conducted by qualitative and quantitative methods to document the changes of local villagers’knowledge,attitudes and behaviors(KAP)of malaria prevention and control in 2 counties of Yunnan Province, and the results before and after the interventions were analyzed and compared. Results After the intervention,the cognition rates about malaria symptoms and signs,transmission mode,preventive measures and health-seeking behaviors were 99.3%, 98.9%,79.9%and 99.3%respectively in the local residents,and those were 39.2%,8.2%,47.0%and 49.9%respectively be-fore the intervention,and all the differences were statistically significant(P all<0.01). Conclusions KAP related to malaria among the targeting population has improved after the interventions and the house-to-house visit is an effective community-based health education approach.
