Effect of health education on prevention and control of echinococcosis in primary school students in Daofu County in 2022
Objective To understand the efficacy of novel health education promotion forms on the knowledge and beliefs regarding echinococcosis prevention and control among children in Tibetan regions,as well as to investigate their demands for future health education work.Methods A series of comic books focusing on echinococcosis prevention and control were utilized to conduct health lectures among primary school students in Daofu County in 2022.Pre-and post-lecture questionnaire surveys were administered to get their awareness of core echinococcosis prevention and control knowledge,formation condition of health beliefs,exposure to health education and preferences for content and form.Descriptive epidemiological methods were used for statistical analysis of the results,and rates were compared by Chi-square test.P＜0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results A total of 120 primary school students from grade 1 to 6 were investigated before and after health education intervention.The rates of health belief before and after the intervention were 100.00％(120/120)and 97.50％(117/120),respectively,with no statistically significant difference(P=0.25).After the intervention,the rates of health belief of students in different grades were statistically significant(P=0.01),and the rates of health belief of middle and higher grade students were higher than that of students in lower grades.The rates of core knowledge awareness of students before and after the intervention were 50.00％(60/120)and 51.66％(62/120),respectively,with no statistically significant difference(P=0.80).After the intervention,the rates of awareness of students in different ethnic groups and different grades were statistically different(all P＜0.05),and the rate of awareness of primary school students in higher grades was higher than that of students in lower grades,and the rate of awareness of Tibetan students was higher than that of Han students.After the intervention,there was a statistical improvement in the correct answer rate regarding"human disease sites"(P=0.01).Nevertheless,the correct answer rates of"national echinococcosis policy support"and"animal echinococcosis"knowledge remained low,only 69.17％and 0.83％after intervention.96.77％of the surveyed primary school students reported that they had received education on echinococcosis prevention and control at school,and the most common prevention and control publicity was the hospital(89.20％).The most preferred health education materials were video advertisements.Students particularly focused on the practicality of textual content and the form of patterns.Conclusions The utilization of comic books for on-site propaganda and education activities had shown promise in enhancing students'understanding of disease prevention and control.Future endeavors should consider incorporating formats such as videos(cartoons),along with relatable real-life examples,to facilitate more systematic and sustained health education initiatives at the local level.
echinococcosishydatid diseaseprevention and control knowledgehealth beliefhealth education
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