Objective: To investigate the effect of short-term global health training on tropical diseases in China, so as to provide the reference in professional trainings.
Methods: The study took the short-term global health training project on tropical diseases in China as an example. The structured questionnaires were distributed to each trainee pre- and post-training course.
Results: A total of 89 trainees were included in the survey, and 68.5% (61 cases) of the trainees were older than 35 years and 85.4% (76 cases) of the trainees came from provincial institutes. The passing rate for the test of global health knowledge was significantly improved from the pre-training test (18.0%, 16/89) to the post one (68.2%, 58/85) (χ2 = 44.930, P < 0.05) . The knowledge of global health was closely related to the professionals' capacity, i.e., the education level, age, professional title, and experience of international cooperation, but was not statistically related to their genders.
Conclusions: This kind of short-term trainings not only greatly improves the professionals' knowledge of tropical diseases control, but also is expected to play a leading role in the international cooperation of global health and tropical diseases control in the future.
［摘要］目的 了解我国全球卫生与热带病短期培训班的效果, 为培训全球卫生领域的热带病专业人才提供参考。 方法 通过调查问卷了解学员基本信息、培训效果等情况, 探讨影响全球卫生知识知晓率的相关因素。 结果 89人参加 了培训评估调查, 68.5% (61/89) 的学员年龄在35岁以上, 85.4% (76/89) 的学员来自省级疾病防治机构。全球卫生知识合 格率从培训前的18.0% (16/89) 提升到68.2% (58/85), 差异有统计学意义 (χ2 = 44.930, P < 0.05) 。全球卫生知晓率与学员 学历、年龄、职称以及国际合作经历密切相关, 但与学员性别无显著相关。 结论 短期培训班显著提高了公共卫生人员 对全球热带病预防控制的理解和认识, 可望成为推动全球卫生热带病预防控制领域国际合作的重要手段之一。.
Keywords: Global Health; Short-term training; Tropical disease.