Open AccessTHE PRACTICE OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT DIABETES AMONG VILLAGE HEALTH WORKERS IN VU THU DISTRICT, THAI BINH PROVINCE IN 2020
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Hà My,
Phan Thu Nga,
Nguyen Thi Ai,
Bui Thi Dieu Huyen,
Pham Tuan Dat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
y học cộng đồng
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0613
DOI - 10.52163/jcm.v62i4.104
Subject(s) - health education , medicine , diabetes mellitus , environmental health , traditional medicine , socioeconomics , public health , nursing , sociology , endocrinology
Objective: Describe the practice of health communication and education about diabetes among village health workers in Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province in 2020. Subjects: Village Health Worker and Head of Commune Health Station in the communes of Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province. Method: the epidemiological method described through the cross-sectional investigation, combine quantitative research and qualitative research. Results: 69.5% of village health workers had carried out communication and health education for villagers about diabetes in the past year; Over 80% of village health workers had a plan and over 60% cooperate in communicating and educating about diabetes about diabetes; 15/15 opinion of the head of the station said that the communication and education about diabetes in the commune was small, not continuous, mainly indirect communication; 13/15 comments that the biggest difficulty in health communication and education was that the village health workers were still limited in knowledge and skills.