Objective To understand the changes in knowledge of infectious disease control and prevention before and after a health education intervention program for migrant workers in selected private enterprises, and to provide evidence for developing health promotion strategies.
Methods Two hundred migrant workers were selected from each of the 2 private enterprises in Cixi city using stratified cluster sampling method to conduct a questionnaire survey on knowledge of infectious disease control and prevention. At the end of a one-year health education intervention program, the investigators used the same method to select subjects and the same questionnaire to evaluate the intervention effectiveness.
Results After the intervention, the total awareness rate of infectious disease control and prevention increased from 50.46% to 62.84%; the healthy behavior rate increased from 69.04% to 81.00%; the awareness rate of the three routes of HIV transmission increased from 69.59% to 83.53%; and the awareness rate of infectious disease control and prevention among migrant workers with junior high school education increased from 42.38% to 59.09%.
Conclusion Health education is an important sector to prevent infectious disease outbreak and potential epidemic in migrant workers.
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