Enhancing the effectiveness of infectious disease health education for children and adolescents in China: a national multicenter school-based trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious diseases pose a significant risk to the health and well-being of children and adolescents, and can even be life-threatening. Thus, our study aimed to explore the effectiveness of health education based on the social-ecological model in improving the knowledge of infectious diseases among this vulnerable population.

Methods

This study was a school-based intervention conducted in seven Chinese provinces in 2013, involving a total of 26,591 children and adolescents in the intervention group and 24,327 in the control group. The intervention group received a comprehensive health intervention based on the social-ecological model (SEM) over six months, which included a supportive environment, health education on infectious diseases, guidance on self-monitoring

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature