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1Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanyang Medical College, Henan Province, China.
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Health education frequency impacts children's respiratory infection hospitalization rates. Receiving education every ten days appears to be the most effective pattern for reducing hospitalizations and improving adherence.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Public Health
- Health Education
Background:
- Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a common cause of childhood hospitalizations.
- Optimizing health education delivery is crucial for improving child health outcomes.
- Understanding the impact of education frequency is vital for effective public health strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effect of different health education frequencies on children's hospitalization rates due to RTIs.
- To assess the relationship between health education frequency and participant adherence (loss rate).
Main Methods:
- Children aged 3-12 years were randomized into three groups receiving health education monthly (Group A), every ten days (Group B), or weekly (Group C) for one year.
- Hospitalization frequency for RTIs and health education loss rates were evaluated for each group.
Main Results:
- Group C (weekly education) had the lowest hospitalization frequency (<3 times/year), followed by Group B (every ten days; 3-6 times/year), and Group A (monthly; 6-9 times/year).
- Health education loss rates increased with frequency: 28% (Group A), 36.36% (Group B), and 46.34% (Group C).
Conclusions:
- Health education frequency significantly influences hospitalization rates for pediatric respiratory tract infections.
- While weekly education showed the lowest hospitalization rates, education every ten days offers a balanced approach, potentially optimizing effectiveness and adherence.
Abstract:
This paper was to explore the effect of health education frequency and patterns on the children. Children aged 3-12 years were randomly divided into Group A, B and C, respectively received the health education once a month, once ten days as well as once a week within a period of one year .It was as the evaluation both of the hospitalization frequency owing to the respiratory tract infections and the health education loss rate with year turnover. Results shown Group C was close to the times of hospitalization less than 3 times in one year, while Group B was to 3-6 as well as Group A was to the times of hospitalization 6-9 times in one year. The results of health education loss rate, which shown the loss increases with the frequency of the health education, was 28% in Group A, 36.36% in Group B and 46.34% in Group C. Conclusion could be draw as following: the health education frequency and patterns could affect the children by hospitalization rate of respiratory tract infection as well as the health education loss rate. It was a reasonable solution to give them the health education once every ten days.
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