Assessment of the effectiveness of health education on iodine deficiency disorders of China in 2013
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4255.2015.07.015
- VernacularTitle:2013年全国碘缺乏病健康教育效果评价
- Author:
Li WANG
;
Yu WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Iodine;
Deficiency diseases;
Health education;
Outcome assessment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endemiology
2015;34(7):526-528
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To find out the development of health education project on iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in 2013 and evaluate the intervention effect.Methods According to the local situation,in 21 provinces,644 counties with more serious conditions of the disease or in the remote areas were selected as the project counties.Three towns in each county were selected,the health educational activities were carried out among the grade 4-6 students in the central primary school of each town.Three villages in each town were selected to carry out community health education.Before and after the activities,questionnaire surveys on the knowledge of IDD were conducted in each town including 30 students from one class of grade 5 in the primary school and 15 housewives near the primary school were selected randomly.Results After health education,the awareness rates of knowledge on IDD in the students and the housewives were 94.35％ (57 087/60 506) and 93.12％ (30 325/32 566).Compared with those baseline investigation 74.31％ (44 768/60 245) and 75.89％ (24 785/32 659),the differences were statistically significant (x2 =9 183.92,3 695.21,all P ＜ 0.01).Before health education,the awareness rates of knowledge of IDD in the students were lower than those of the housewives (x2 =28.11,P ＜ 0.01).After health education,the awareness rates of knowledge of IDD in the students were higher than those of the housewives (x2 =55.89,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions The awareness rates of knowledge on IDD in the students and housewives are increased significantly after the health educational activities.The results show that health education project is effective in prevention and control of IDD.
