Effect of health education about AIDS among migrant workers’ children on their parents

ObjectiveTo analyze the change of migrant workers'knowledge and attitude about acquired immunodeficiency syndrom(AIDS)after health education on AIDS carried out among their children,and to investigate effective methods of health education on AIDS.MethodsA primary school for the migrant workers'children in Nanjing was selected.Health education was firstly provided to the pupils of grade 4-6,then the pupils passed on the knowledge about AIDS to their parents.ResultsExcept the preventive knowledge,the score of the other knowledge related to AIDS and the total knowledge in the parents of the interventional group increased obviously after the health education,and the attitude towards AIDS of the patients was improved remarkably(P<0.05),but those of the parents in the control group showed no obvious increase.ConclusionThe communcation between the pupils and their parents can extend the coverage of AIDS health education.Health education performed among the students can play a positive role in the prevention of AIDS.