Health education and health promotion during the progress towards schisto-somiasis elimination Ⅰ Investigation on health education needs and available re-source based on integration of community resources
Objective To investigate the health education needs and available resources in schistosomiasis-endemic areas based on integration of community resources,and to explore the operation pathways for health education and promotion during the stage of schistosomiasis elimination.Methods A community was selected from Nanji Township,Xinjian District,Nanchang City,Jiangxi Province around the Poyang Lake areas as the study site,and a questionnaire survey on health education needs for schistosomiasis control was conducted among permanent residents at ages of 20 years in the community during the period be-tween June and July,2022 using face-to-face interviews.In addition,the resources available for the community-based schistoso-miasis control health education were investigated among workers in township-level specialized institutions,members of civil soci-ety organizations,villagers,teachers and high and primary school students through field observations,field surveys and thematic interviews.Results A total of 304 individuals participated in the questionnaire survey on community-based health education needs for schistosomiasis control,and 94.41%(287/304)and 93.42%(284/304)of the respondents were most interested in know-ing/understanding knowledge of the morphology of schistosomes and knowledge associated with the transmission route of schisto-somiasis.The four most popular patterns for disseminating schistosomiasis control knowledge included live broadcasting of schis-tosomiasis control videos(94.41%,287/304),printed brochures(89.80%,273/304),special lectures by doctors(62.50%,190/304)and physical health education materials for schistosomiasis control(61.51%,187/304).There were 96.71%(294/304)and 77.63%(236/304)of respondents that accepted the participation of township healthcare center and township government/village committees in dissemination of schistosomiasis control knowledge,and there were 95.72%(291/304)and 80.59%(245/304)of re-spondents that mainly acquired schistosomiasis control knowledge through village allocation of leaflets and volunteer schistosomi-asis control activities,respectively.There was 96.71%(294/304)of respondents participating in the dissemination activities of schistosomiasis control knowledge held by village committees,township healthcare centers,and high and primary schools/kinder-gartens,and 61.25%(177/289)of respondents were willing to participate in volunteer schistosomiasis control activities.A total of 115 individuals participated in the survey of available resources for community-based schistosomiasis control health education,and there were a large number of organizational,human and cultural resources in the community that were useful for health com-munication services.Conclusions The abundant human and material resources from rural communities in schistosomiasis-en-demic areas may be integrated into schistosomiasis control health education to generate a rural health education pathway with the joint participation of schistosomiasis control institutions,township governments,community departments and community resi-dents,which may provide insights into the future development of schistosomiasis control health education.
SchistosomiasisHealth educationHealth promotionResource integrationPoyang Lake area
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