Effect of school eye health promotion on children’s eye health literacy in Vietnam

Bibliographic Data

ID22945687
AuthorsPrakash Paudel (0000-0002-9218-4649, Public Health Division, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Level 4 North Wing, Rupert Myers Building, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, corresponding author), Phung Thi Yen (Brien Holden Vision Institute), Vilas Kovai (0000-0002-2672-9970, Public Health Division, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Level 4 North Wing, Rupert Myers Building, UNSW, Sydney, Australia), Thomas Naduvilath (0000-0001-8813-2048, Public Health Division, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Level 4 North Wing, Rupert Myers Building, UNSW, Sydney, Australia), Suit May Ho (Public Health Division, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Level 4 North Wing, Rupert Myers Building, UNSW, Sydney, Australia), Nguyen Viet Giap (Ba Ria -Vung Tau Provincial Eye Centre, BRVT Province, Vietnam), Brien A Holden (Public Health Division, Brien Holden Vision Institute, Level 4 North Wing, Rupert Myers Building, UNSW, Sydney, Australia)
Year2019
Volume34
Issue1
Pages113-122
Publication date2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/dax065
PMID29040581
OpenAlexW2761212443
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited32

Health promotion intervention in schools is a useful strategy to improve students' health awareness. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of eye health promotion interventions on eye health literacy in school children in Vietnam. A piloted questionnaire was administered to 300 children from five secondary schools in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam at baseline and re-administered after the eye health promotion interventions. McNemar chi-square and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. A total of 300 children aged 12-15 years (mean, 13.3 ± 1.3 years; 60% female) participated in the baseline survey. The participation rate in the post-health promotion survey was 94.7%. After the health promotion interventions, number of children who had correct eye health knowledge increased by 10-20% (60-75% to 70-95%), more children reported having had an eye examination (63.3% to 84.7%; p < 0.001) and more reported wearing spectacles (36.1% to 43.4%; p = 0.04). Children in urban schools were twice as likely to have improved knowledge of vision loss compared with children in rural schools (odds ratio, 2.1-4.1; p = 0.01 to p < 0.001). Children from rural schools had significantly higher odds of visiting doctor after the eye problems worsened (odds ratio, 4.5; p < 0.001). These results imply that eye health promotion interventions significantly improve eye health knowledge, attitudes and practices of school children. Additionally, participation of parents and teachers as change agents may further improve children's health literacy.

Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health education · Health literacy · Health promotion · Intervention (counseling) · Logistic regression · McNemar's test · Odds · Odds ratio · Psychological intervention · Public health · Medicine · Nursing · Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research · Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies · Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies · Optometry

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