Evaluation on health education effect of virus hepatitis prevention and control among the employees in Karamay City

Objective To improve awareness of viral among employees of Karamay oil-field,and evaluate effect of intervention. Methods 4000 employees were enrolled to receive health education activities on prevention and control. In order to compare change of cognitive level,549 and 426 subjects were involved to fill a questionnaire before and after intervention. Results Among 17 knowledge points in questionnaire before intervention,the awareness rate of 10 knowledge points was less than 50%,and rate was 14. 0% for the main transmission way of HCV,16. 2% for patients can transmit HAV during incubation period,18. 0% for can't be transmitted when dining with HBV carriers,21. 1% forthe latent infection can spread HAV to others and rate was 21. 5% for hepatitis A can spread by unclean diet. The awareness rate had obviously been improved after intervention. The scores of questionnaire survey before and after intervention were(51. 4 ± 21. 6) and(75. 6 ± 11. 1),respectively. And difference was statistically significant( t = 21. 5,P 0. 01). However,the awareness rate of some knowledge was still low relatively,even after intervention. Only 23. 5% of subjects believed‘hepatitis A could spread through contaminated food and drinking water'and 22. 5% of them showed no willing to eat with HBV carriers. Conclusion The health education effect of virus prevention and control is remarkable among employees in field operation in Karamay City. Knowledge on route of transmission and education among minority population should be paid more attention in future. And it is important to popularize knowledge of A in this area.