Awareness of influenza A(H1N1) and effect of health education among medical college students

Objective To learn the awareness of influenza A(H1N1) in medical college students before and after a health education program and to explore the role of health education.Methods With stratified sampling, 578 medical college students were selected and investigated about the awareness of influenza A(H1N1) before and after a health education.Results The awareness of influenza A(H1N1) was 46.88%(20.91%-75.92%) in the students before the health education and 90.75%(83.01%-98.94%) after the health education with a significant difference(P < 0.01).Conclusion Health education is the main manner for medical collgege students to accept scientific and specific knowledge on influenza A(H1N1) prevention.