An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China
Background Cost-effective strategies of chronic disease control, integrated health education and health promotion play important roles in the programs of chronic disease demonstration districts in China. The performance of these districts can be directly assessed by their health education and promot...
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| description | Background Cost-effective strategies of chronic disease control, integrated health education and health promotion play important roles in the programs of chronic disease demonstration districts in China. The performance of these districts can be directly assessed by their health education and promotion work. However, there have been only a few performance assessments done on these programs, most of which made without the inclusion of proper quality indicators. This study was designed to establish a framework of indicators for outcome evaluation of health education and promotion efforts in Chinese districts, and explore the factors involved in promoting these efforts. Methods A modified two-round Delphi survey was first used to construct quality indicators on a nine-point Likert scale. With those indicators, the rank sum ratio (RSR) method was then conducted through rank conversion and parametric statistics, to assess and classify the performance of ten districts or counties randomly chosen both from demonstration and non-demonstration districts in the Hunan province. Results The Delphi process produced seven themes and 25 sub-themes as quality indicators. The seven themes included organizational management, financial support, professional personnel, health education and promotion, residents’ health awareness and behaviors, residents’ satisfaction, and residents’ health literacy. The districts were classified into four levels by RSR as follows: One demonstration district at the first-ranked level, five other demonstration districts at the second-ranked level, all non-demonstration districts at the third-ranked level. None were at the fourth-qualified level. Discussion Chronic disease demonstration districts performed better on the work of health education and health promotion than the non-demonstration districts. The work should be focused on the following measures of chronic diseases: organizational management, financial support, media-related broadcasting, technical support, community-based promotion and supportive environment, and people’s enhanced awareness and health literacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b59196653b554c6f87871b5d29a3a0cc2023-12-03T10:02:39ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592019-03-017e657910.7717/peerj.6579An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, ChinaQiaohua Xu0Biyun Chen1Donghui Jin2Li Yin3Yuelong Huang4Department of Chronic Diseases Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaDepartment of Chronic Diseases Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaDepartment of Chronic Diseases Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaDepartment of Chronic Diseases Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaDepartment of Chronic Diseases Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaBackground Cost-effective strategies of chronic disease control, integrated health education and health promotion play important roles in the programs of chronic disease demonstration districts in China. The performance of these districts can be directly assessed by their health education and promotion work. However, there have been only a few performance assessments done on these programs, most of which made without the inclusion of proper quality indicators. This study was designed to establish a framework of indicators for outcome evaluation of health education and promotion efforts in Chinese districts, and explore the factors involved in promoting these efforts. Methods A modified two-round Delphi survey was first used to construct quality indicators on a nine-point Likert scale. With those indicators, the rank sum ratio (RSR) method was then conducted through rank conversion and parametric statistics, to assess and classify the performance of ten districts or counties randomly chosen both from demonstration and non-demonstration districts in the Hunan province. Results The Delphi process produced seven themes and 25 sub-themes as quality indicators. The seven themes included organizational management, financial support, professional personnel, health education and promotion, residents’ health awareness and behaviors, residents’ satisfaction, and residents’ health literacy. The districts were classified into four levels by RSR as follows: One demonstration district at the first-ranked level, five other demonstration districts at the second-ranked level, all non-demonstration districts at the third-ranked level. None were at the fourth-qualified level. Discussion Chronic disease demonstration districts performed better on the work of health education and health promotion than the non-demonstration districts. The work should be focused on the following measures of chronic diseases: organizational management, financial support, media-related broadcasting, technical support, community-based promotion and supportive environment, and people’s enhanced awareness and health literacy.https://peerj.com/articles/6579.pdfAssessmentHealth education and health promotionChronic diseaseDelphiRSR |
| spellingShingle | Qiaohua Xu Biyun Chen Donghui Jin Li Yin Yuelong Huang An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China PeerJ Assessment Health education and health promotion Chronic disease Delphi RSR |
| title | An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China |
| title_full | An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China |
| title_fullStr | An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China |
| title_short | An assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts: a comparative study from Hunan Province, China |
| title_sort | assessment for health education and health promotion in chronic disease demonstration districts a comparative study from hunan province china |
| topic | Assessment Health education and health promotion Chronic disease Delphi RSR |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/6579.pdf |
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