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SUN Jing, ZHANG Chengcheng, ZHANG Fuyong, YANG Xinyu, SONG Guirong, YU Hong, MA Xiaohong, HUANG Meiting, RAO Wenbiao, LIU Wanling, YU Mingcheng, NING Shitao, WANG Zhiyong
Objective To establish a children’s health education learning database and test question bank, and to investigate the intervention effects on students’ parents. Methods Students’ parents from three primary schools (Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, with a total of seven classes) were selected in Dalian with a stratified cluster sampling method. A WeChat group was established, and 108 self-made “WeChat promotional articles” were sent. The intervention was carried out for two months. Before and after the intervention, self-designed health knowledge test questions were applied to evaluate the effects and parents’ learning status. Results A total of 223 parents were enrolled. Before the intervention, the score M (P25-P75) of the parents’ health knowledge test was 1.5 (0.5-2.5) points, and the accuracy M (P25-P75) was15.00% (5.00%-25.00%). After intervention, the score was 7.5 (2.5-9.0) and the accuracy rate was 75.00% (25.00%-90.00%), with statistically significant differences (Z=-11.326, P<0.001). After intervention, 59.19% of parents had a correct answer rate of ≥ 50% for health knowledge test questions, of which 36.32% had a correct answer rate of ≥ 90%. The correct answer rates for all seven aspects of knowledge were significantly improved (all P<0.001). Results revealed that 61.43% of parents spend 6-15 minutes on daily studying, but 9.42% of parents only understand<50% of the content, or even have no understanding at all, 22.87% of parents failed to keep up with the learning pace, and 64.57% of parents had a better learning attitude. We found that 48.43% of parents have significantly improved or even fundamentally changed their understanding of their children’s health. 42.60% of parents made significant or even fundamental changes to their children’s education and guiding methods. 9.87% of parents believe that their learning methods need to be improved. 62.78% of parents believe that these materials need to be formally published, and 33.63% hope to continue strengthening their mental health education. Conclusion The use of self-designed health education learning materials has significantly improved the health knowledge level of parents of primary students, but further optimization and verification are still needed.