Impact of health education and intervention on community health literacy, hypertension and diabetes

Objective To investigate the impact of health education and intervention on the community health literacy, hypertension and diabetes. Methods 2038 people were selected from Shijie Town and Nancheng District using the random sampling method, of which 645 people had hypertension and 317 people had diabetes. Health education was implemented. Results The proportions of health literacy, basic knowledge and concept, healthy life style and basic skills after intervention were higher than those before intervention(P 0.05). The incidence of hypertension and incidence of diabetes before intervention were 31.65% and 15.55% respectively and those after intervention were 25.02% and 10.25% respectively, with statistically significant differences between before and after intervention(P 0.05). After intervention, the awareness rates, treatment rates and control rates of hypertension and diabetes improved and the disability rates and fatality rates reduced(P 0.05). Conclusion Health education and intervention can improve community residents' health literacy and is conducive to improving the treatment effects of hypertension and diabetes.