INVESTIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON OBESITY AND DIABETES PREVENTION OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS FROM FOUR PROJECT SITES

[Objective]To investigate the knowledge on obesity and diabetes prevention of the primary health care providers from the four project sites of the national 11th project and to direct the further intervention[Methods]Self-designed questionnaires were filled in by 61 health care providers of center for disease control center(CDC)and primary hospitals from Shunyi district(Beijing),Hongqiao district(Tianjin),Jiaxing city(Zhejiang province)and Tongxiang city(Zhejiang province).[Results]94.6% of the primary hospital health workers and 92.9% of the CDC health works had received obesity and diabetes prevention related knowledge.The healthy diet was the most learned knowledge for both,the drugs for diabetes and physical activity was the least learned knowledge for CDC and primary hospital health workers respectively.The total scores of knowledge for CDC and primary hospital health workers were 14.3 and 9.5 respectively.For both CDC and primary hospital health workers,the knowledge on diabetes prevention was the best mastered part,the knowledge on obesity was the middle,and the knowledge on healthy life style was the worst mastered part.[Conclusion]Knowledge of obesity and diabetes prevention of the primary health care providers in the project sites is not satisfying,trainings target particularly on the obesity and health life style should be strengthened.