Effect evaluation of intervention for health literacy in middle school students of Yining in Xinjiang

Objective To learn the effects of health literacy intervention in improving the health literacy level of students and to provide the evidence for optimizing health literacy interventions for students.Methods By quasi experiment,2 middle schools were selected from Yining as intervention group and control group.Intervention group had been conducted a 6 month intervention of health literacy,and the control group were not intervened.Before and after intervention,two groups were assessed with the questionnaire survey and the results of two groups were compared.Results After intervention,the health literacy rate of the intervention group increased from 9.5% to 85.6%(x2 =158.41,P<0.05).The rate of mastering the basic knowledge and concept,health lifestyle and behavior,and basic skills increased from 11.9%,7.0%,12.4% to 88.5%,84.2%,57.9%,all the differences were of statisticalsigmficance(x2 =121.46,104.91,65.31,P<0.05).The literacy level of 5 dimensions,including scientific health concept,infectious disease prevention,chronic disease prevention,safety & first Aid and basic medical literacy was improved more significantly than the baseline (P<0.05).And comparing with the control group,control group has no significant improvement after interventions (P>0.05).Conclusion Adopting arranged,targeted intervention is beneficial to improve the health literacy level of students rapidly.