Application of diversified models in health education on prevention and control of tuberculosis among college students

Objective To explore the application of diversified models in the health education on tuberculosis among college students.Methods A health education on control and prevention of tuberculosis was conducted among all students entering a vocational institute in 2013 with various forms of dissemination reading material,audiovisual programs,role playing,face-to-face interview,and dialectical statement.A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate the knowledge of core information before and after the health education among 500 students majoring in science or medicine selected with stratified cluster random sampling.Results After the education,the awareness rate of core information about tuberculosis increased from 55.15%(1 648/2 988)to 95.04%(2 834/2 982)(P<0.05).Of the students participating the questionnaire survey,90.34%(449/497) selected role playing as the most preferential form of the education,with 86.30% and 57.16% of the students selecting interview and dialectical statement,respectively,and totally 90.03% of the students reported the willingness to participate this kind of health education again.Conclusion Diversified forms of health education on tuberculosis control achieved a good result among college students,suggesting the health education model is helpful for health promotion in the population.