The impact of educational videotapes on water contact behaviour of primary school students in the Dongting Lakes region, China

Tropical Medicine and International Health - Tập 5 Số 8 - Trang 538-544 - 2000
Liping Yuan1,2, Lenore Manderson2, Ma Sandra B. Tempongko3, Wangyuan Wei1, Pen Aiguo1
1Hunan Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases, P.R. China
2Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia
3Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, the University of the Philippines, Philippines

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SummaryMultimedia has become increasingly important in educational programmes in schools in all societies, and has potential value for health education. We developed a video and a comic book on the transmission and prevention of schistosomiasis for use in primary schools in endemic areas of China. The material was designed to increase children’s knowledge of schistosomiasis as an environmental disease and to encourage them to reduce their contact with unsafe water sources. To test the effectiveness of the video and booklet, a quasi‐experimental study was conducted among 1739 children in 50 primary schools in the Dongting Lake region. A self‐administered questionnaire pre‐ and post‐intervention showed a significant increase in knowledge about schistosomiasis in the intervention schools. Significantly, this change was associated with a decrease in contact with unsafe water sources, as established from water contact observations. This behavioural change suggests the value of short, targeted educational interventions to decrease risk of infection.

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Tropical Medicine and International Health

Tập 5 Số 8

538-544

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