Title: Health education for iodine deficiency disorders in Shaanxi Province: an outcome analysis in 2004
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the outcome of health education for iodine deficiency disorders(IDD) in Shaanxi Province in 2004. Methods 1 534 subjects were surveyed at random, including 1 026 school children and 508 housewives. Unified questionnaire was conducted. Results The schoolchildren and the housewives all over the province respectively got an averaged mark of 72.8 and 79.8,the percentage above 60 scores among them are 73.2% and 86.6%. Compared with the results of 1999,the awareness of IDD health education of pupils rose obviously. while the propaganda in housewives weakened. Conclusions The progresses of schoolchildren should be consolidated, and more effort of health education in housewives should be made. The emphasis of health education for IDD should be put in the countryside areas in the future.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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