Abstract:

Objective To analyze the results of national contest on health education works for parasitic diseases in 2021 for reference for health education on parasitic disease in China. Methods The excellent health education works on parasitic diseases were collected by National Institute of Parasitic Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention from the whole country, and appraised in terms of scientificity, creativity, acceptability and popularization. Then all works involved in competitive appraisal were statistically analyzed from the aspects of creative form, target disease, intended audience, and language used in the works. Results A total of 178 pieces of health education works were submitted from 26 provinces, including 70 physical works (39.33%), 59 graphic works (33.15%), and 49 audio-visual works (27.53%). Of all works, 173 were created by independent organization, of which 170 (98.27%) were created by disease prevention and control institutions (including professional parasitic disease prevention and control institutions). The works were mainly intended for general public (77.53%, 138/178), and involved in single parasitic disease (87.08%, 155/178). The top three diseases of the works targeted were malaria (40.00%, 62/155), schistosomiasis (23.23%, 36/155) and echinococcosis (18.06%, 28/155), and Chinese was the sole language most used in the works (90.45%, 161/178). A total of 30 works won awards, including 10 physical works, 10 graphic works, and 10 audio-visual works, which were mainly involved in single disease (83.33%, 25/30), echinococcosis (32.00%, 8/25), schistosomiasis (24.00%, 6/25) and malaria (16.00%, 4/25) were the top three diseases included in the works; in which the language used was most associated with monolingual Chinese (83.33%, 25/30). The award-winning works were distributed in 14 provinces, among which the top province with the highest number of awards was Sichuan (n=6). Conclusion The health education works on parasitic diseases involved in this competition are from wide sources, various in forms and wider coverage on the diseases. Some works seem innovative in form, and incorporated with national customs, which is conducive to covering ethnic minorities. In the future, grass-roots units should be encouraged to actively create better health education works, and cooperation among organizations should be strengthened to further enhance the pertinence of health education works based on analysis of the population demand.

Key words: Parasitic diseases, Health education, Works, Contest