Investigation and evaluation of demands of health education in border defense army
10.7644/j.issn.1674-9960.2014.09.009
- VernacularTitle:边防部队官兵健康教育需求调查评估
- Author:
Weili LIU
;
Di ZHANG
;
Zhitao YIN
;
Hongbin YU
;
Xiaomei WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
border and coastal defense army;
military personnel;
health education
- From:
Military Medical Sciences
2014;(9):687-689
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To find out about the demands of health education in the border defense army .Methods A self-made questionaire was used to investigate both the demand of health education in the border defense army and the knowledge-attitude-practice of health .Comprehensive evaluation was conducted on the spectrum of disease in hospitals of border defense army in the previous year .Results Mental health (63.605%), lifestyle (53.829%) and knowledge on occupational protection (41.375%) were the most needed knowledge in the border defense army .Videos and lectures were the means of health education , accounting for respectively 69 .368%and 42 .936%.The total rate of awareness of knowl-edge about health education reached 64.156%.The total rates of holding health attitude and health behavior were 80.765%and 49.113%, respectively.Recently, intervertebral disc disorders,arthritis and other injuries (dislocation, sprain and strain ) were atop the disease spectrum at border defense hospitals .Conclusion Knowledge of mental health , lifestyle and occupational protection along with videos and lectures are the most urgent demand of the border defense army . What needs to be done right away is to improve the awareness of military occupation protection and develop healthy behaviors .
