Present situation of health education on school myopia prevention and control in primary and middle schools in Beijing
Objective To investigate the present situation of health education on school myopia prevention and control in prima-ry and middle schools in Beijing,so as to provide scientific basis and suggestions for effective implementation of health education on school myopia prevention and control.Methods From November 6-17,2023,a total of 551 school doctors and health care teach-ers from public primary and secondary schools in seven districts of Beijing were investigated by using stratified random cluster sam-pling method.The contents included basic information,the basic situation of school health work,and the status of myopia preven-tion and control in schools.The data was described by frequency and proportion.Chi-square test was used to analyze the influencing factors.Results A total of 89.8％of the respondents were found in the school of offering health education courses about myopia prevention and control.Among these respondents,54.5％were equipped with health education course material of professional myo-pia prevention and control,and the teachers were primarily class teachers(57.6％),health care teachers(45.5％),and physical education teachers(45.1％),and most of the classes were conducted once a month(33.7％)and once a semester(28.1％).A total of 95.6％of the subjects had health education activities about myopia prevention and control at their schools.The frequency of activ-ities was once a month(38.5％)and once a semester(27.9％).There were statistically significant differences of the report rate in setting up health education courses on myopia prevention and control,and the frequency of activities in different areas and different types of schools(x2=19.53,13.15,34.30,20.32,P＜0.05).Conclusions Health education on school myopia prevention and control in primary and middle schools in Beijing is supportive.But health education courses taught by professional teachers should pay attention to the norms of the course material to complete a certain amount of class time,and development of health education ac-tivities should be diversified,so as to effectively implement health education of myopia prevention and control at school.
MyopiaPrevention and controlHealth educationSchool health services
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