Analysis of health education effect of hand hold hands method in brick tea borne fluorosis areas in Inner Mongolia

Abstract

Objective To evaluation the intervention effects of hand hold hands method in brick tea borne fluorosis.Method Four to six grade pupils were selected in brick tea borne fluorosis areas,and health education knowledge questionnaire investigation was conducted.Drinking tea related health behaviors were also surveyed by the method of questionnaire.Then health education lecture on brick tea borne fluorosis was carried out,and health education material and low fluoride brick tea were provided to the pupils,the students were also requested to tell their parents brick tea related knowledge and supervise them to get rid of harmful drinking tea behavior,and cultivate healthy lifestyle.One year later pupils' health knowledge questionnaire and parents health related behavior questionnaire were carried out once again.The knowledge awareness rates of students before and after the intervention were compared.Health related behavior change rates of the parent between different ages and education levels were compared,and the implementation rates of different brick tea related behaviors before and after the intervention were compared.Results After 1 year of health education,the student's knowledge awareness rate on brick tea fluorosis was [94.3％ (33/35)],compared with the rate before intervertion [14.3％ (5/35)] increased significantly(X2 =46.111,P ＜ 0.01 ).The overall behavior change rate of health related behavior was 68.6％.After the intervention,the implementation rate of whether drinking tea,drinking overnight tea,drinking boiled for a long time tea decreased(P ＜ 0.01).But the behavior implementation rates of drinking tea with milk,drinking and buying low fluoride brick tea significantly increased(P ＜ 0.05).Implementation rate of whether drinking brick tea did not change significantly(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions Through hand hold hands health education intervention,the knowledge awareness of students on brick tea fluorosis increases,and their parents can actively change bad tea drinking habits,and cultivate healthy lifestyle. Key words: Tea; Fluoride poisoning; Health education; child