Western China Economic Research Center, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China.
School of Accounting, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 30;17(7):2344. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072344.
Health education is considered to be an effective way to improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers. This study examined the impact of health education on healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers in China and explored the differences in different health education methods. This paper used the 2017 China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) to analyze the relationship between health education and healthcare-seeking behavior. Our results indicated that health education could significantly improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers, but there was still ample space for improvement. From the perspective of different health education methods, lectures, public consultation, and online education were positively correlated to healthcare-seeking behavior, while publicity materials and bulletin boards were not. Although the effects of publicity materials and bulletins were limited, these two health education methods were still the most widely used. Our results emphasized the necessity of increasing investment in lectures, public consultation, online education, and other similar health education methods. This change in health education methods can play an effective role in the spread of health education to improve the healthcare-seeking behavior of migrant workers.
健康教育被认为是提高农民工卫生服务利用行为的有效途径。本研究考察了健康教育对中国农民工卫生服务利用行为的影响，并探讨了不同健康教育方法的差异。本文利用 2017 年中国流动人口动态监测调查（CMDS）数据，分析了健康教育与卫生服务利用行为之间的关系。研究结果表明，健康教育可以显著提高农民工的卫生服务利用行为，但仍有很大的提升空间。从不同健康教育方法的角度来看，讲座、公众咨询和在线教育与卫生服务利用行为呈正相关，而宣传材料和公告栏则没有。虽然宣传材料和公告栏的效果有限，但这两种健康教育方法仍然是使用最广泛的方法。我们的研究结果强调了增加对讲座、公众咨询、在线教育和其他类似健康教育方法投资的必要性。这种健康教育方法的转变可以在健康教育的传播中发挥有效的作用，提高农民工的卫生服务利用行为。
