Analysis on the current situation and influencing factors of health education needs among primary school in five provinces in China
Objective To explore the current situation and health education needs among primary school in five provinces,to ana-lyze its influencing factors,to provide evidence of health education for primary school.Methods Using stratified random sampling method,1103 primary school students from Zhejiang,Guangdong,Jiangxi,Sichuan and Guizhou province were selected to conduct a questionnaire survey on the current situation and demand of health education.Results The prevalence of hoping to carry out health education activities in school,willing to share school health knowledge with parents were 93.0%and 98.2%respectively.78.3%students attended health education classes twice or more per month;The top 3 health knowledge most wanted to know were healthy life-style(70.4%),fire escape(64.5%),and basic first aid skills(61.7%);The top 3 favorite forms of health education were health themed games(59.5%),health education classes(55.2%),and health knowledge competitions(43.2%).Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that health literacy,area,annual physical examination and health knowledge materials issued by school were the influ-encing factors of students'health needs(P<0.05),students with health literacy(OR=4.278,95%CI=2.306~7.936),urban(OR=1.978,95%CI:1.153~3.392),taking an annual physical examination(OR=2.362,95%CI:1.307~3.895),acquiring health materials by school(OR=2.044,95%CI:1.181~3.539)had a higher health education needs.Conclusions Primary school students have a positive willingness to obtain the health know,ledge from school,the targeted school health education should be carried out based on the needs of primary school students.
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