Promthet Supannee, Wiangnon Surapon, Senarak Wiporn, Saranrittichai Kesinee, Vatanasapt Patravoot, Kamsa-ard Supot, Wongphuthorn Prasert, Kasinpila Chananya, Moore Malcolm Anthony
Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(5):1753-5. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.5.1753.
This was a survey research conducted in Northestern Thailand during 2009-2010 and designed to evaluate the success of a health education program by comparing levels of health knowledge in the community before and after the launching of a Multi-professional Intervention and Training for Ongoing Volunteer-based Community Health Programme. The survey questionnaire included items about demographic characteristics and health knowledge. The participants were 1,015 members of various communities, who were randomly selected to be included in the survey before launching the intervention, and 1,030 members of the same communities randomly selected to be included in the survey after the intervention was completed. The demographic characteristics of both groups were similar. Overall knowledge and knowledge of all the diseases, except lung and cervical cancer, were significantly higher after the intervention. In conclusion, a Volunteer-based Community Health Programme has advantages for areas where the numbers of health personnel are limited. The use of trained community health volunteers may be one of the best sustainable alternative means for the transfer of health knowledge.
这是一项于2009年至2010年在泰国东北部开展的调查研究，旨在通过比较多专业干预与持续志愿者社区健康项目启动前后社区的健康知识水平，评估一项健康教育项目的成效。调查问卷包含有关人口统计学特征和健康知识的项目。参与者为来自不同社区的1015名成员，他们在干预启动前被随机挑选纳入调查，以及干预完成后从相同社区随机挑选纳入调查的1030名成员。两组的人口统计学特征相似。除肺癌和宫颈癌外，干预后总体知识以及所有疾病的知识均显著更高。总之，基于志愿者的社区健康项目对于卫生人员数量有限的地区具有优势。使用经过培训的社区健康志愿者可能是传播健康知识的最佳可持续替代手段之一。
