An evaluation of the effect of health education on iodine deficiency disorders in Jilin Province in 2019 / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the awareness status about prevention and treatment of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in the target population in Jilin Province, and to evaluate the effect of IDD health education.Methods:In 2019, 10 counties (cities, districts) were selected as project counties in iodine deficiency area of Jilin Province, to carry out the health education activities of IDD prevention and treatment. And 3 townships (towns) were selected from each project county, and school health education were carried out among students of grade 4-6 in central primary schools in each township (town); 3 villages were selected from each township (town) to carry out community health education. Before and after health education intervention, 30 students from one class of grade 5 from each central primary school and 15 housewives in the place where the school was located were selected to conduct a questionnaire survey of IDD prevention and treatment knowledge in each township (town). The awareness rate of IDD prevention and treatment knowledge and intervention effect were evaluated.Results:A total of 900 primary school students and 460 housewives were investigated in the baseline survey, the awareness rates of IDD prevention and treatment knowledge were 68.30% (1 844/2 700) and 80.14% (1 106/1 380). After the health education intervention, 905 primary school students and 459 housewives were investigated, and the awareness rate of IDD prevention and treatment knowledge was 95.95% (2 605/2 715) and 96.22% (1 325/1 377), respectively. Compared with that before the intervention, there was an increase of 27.65 and 16.08 percentage points, respectively, the differences were statistically significant (χ 2=706.239, 170.904, P < 0.01). Conclusion:After carrying out of health education, the awareness rates of IDD prevention and treatment knowledge of primary school students and housewives in iodine deficiency area of Jilin Province are significantly increased and health education has achieved good results; IDD health education should be continuously strengthened.