Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
University Research Company, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Int Health. 2021 Feb 24;13(2):188-195. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaa076.
In Siem Pang, northeastern Cambodia, malaria transmission persists in remote forested areas populated by ethnic minorities. Engaging affected communities in health education campaigns is challenging due to language, access and literacy constraints. During 2018, a newly established medical research station conducted a health education programme in local villages harnessing traditional songs, arts and crafts, along with theatre, comedy and health talks and quizzes. Health education topics were proposed by community leaders and focused on maternal and child health and malaria. This article describes a process evaluation of these activities, the community's response and whether this was an appropriate form of health education in this context.
In-depth interviews were conducted with community members, leaders and performers. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and translated to English for thematic analysis.
In total, 65 interviews were conducted; 20 of these were follow-up interviews with respondents interviewed prior to the performances. Respondents were able to recall the key health messages about malaria, antenatal care and infant vaccination. They also showed good awareness of malaria transmission and prevention and described how they enjoyed the events and appreciated the efforts of the project team.
In isolated communities in Cambodia, a health education programme harnessing performance and arts engaged the whole community and its messages were readily recalled and prompted reflection.
在柬埔寨东北部的暹粒磅，疟疾在少数民族聚居的偏远森林地区持续传播。由于语言、交通和文化程度的限制，让受影响的社区参与健康教育活动具有挑战性。2018 年，一个新成立的医学研究站在当地村庄开展了一项健康教育计划，利用传统歌曲、手工艺品以及戏剧、喜剧和健康讲座和问答来进行。健康教育的主题是由社区领导提出的，重点是母婴健康和疟疾。本文描述了对这些活动的过程评估、社区的反应，以及这种形式的健康教育在这种情况下是否合适。
对社区成员、领导和表演者进行了深入访谈。访谈进行了录音、转录和翻译，以便进行主题分析。
共进行了 65 次访谈；其中 20 次是在表演前对受访者进行的后续访谈。受访者能够回忆起有关疟疾、产前护理和婴儿接种的关键健康信息。他们还表现出对疟疾传播和预防的良好认识，并描述了他们如何享受这些活动，以及如何赞赏项目团队的努力。
在柬埔寨的偏远社区，利用表演和艺术的健康教育计划吸引了整个社区，其信息很容易被回忆起来，并促使人们进行反思。
