1.Investigation on the role of family health worker in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2012;34(6):493-495
ObjectiveTo make known the role of family health worker in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.MethodsIn accordance with the inclusion criteria strictly,146 residents were recruited as samples by convenience sampling.These residents were trained with 《chronic disease family prevention guide》 provided by Beijing City Service Center,special topic discussion,peer education,and self-study.Family health worker certificate were granted for those qualified..SPSS software was used for data analysis.Results There was statistical significance,when the data was compared before and after the training program.ConclusionThe training program improved chronic disease prevention knowledge level on different extent.
2.Effects of Mental health education on mental health of middle school students
Jingdong LIU ; Xiaodong ZHANG ; Shouyun GAN
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2011;33(1):31-32,62
Objective To explore the effects of psychological health education on mental health status of middle school students. Methods All middle school students were randomly divided into 2 groups by cluster sampling, a interventional group and a control group. 28 students in the intervention group received group psychological consultation for two months, 30 students in the control group received no therapies.Changes of active respond and negative response subscales(ARNRS), communication anxiety scale (IAS),accommodate others scale(AOS), self-rating depression scale(SDS)were compared before and after the intervention in both groups. Results After group counseling, ARNRS, IAS, AOS, SDS in the interventional group was significantly changed compared with both pre-counseling and the control group, with P<0.05~0.0001 and P<0.05~0.0001, respectively. Conclusion Community mental health education can enhance middle-school student's psychological health level.