Impact assessment of health education for parents of migrant children in EPI KAP

Objective To investigate changes of immunization-related knowledge, attitude and behavior in parents of migrant children before and after health education, and to explore the effective immunization program in health education, then providing a theoretical basis for that. Methods Two communities were selected where the external population was more concentrated. A group of 234 parents of 0 to 4 years old migrant children who lived more than six months in the City. Investigation was made before the health education, and after multi-form intervention was done the effect of the intervention was evaluated.
Results Before and after the intervention, the rate of the migrant children' parents about EPI knowledge increased from 43.47% to 86.17% (χ²=1 028.87, P<0.01), the rate of active attitude from 46.26% to 85.15% (χ²=314.10, P<0.01), the rate of active behavior from 42.95% to 92.95% (χ²=268.61, P<0.01). Conclusion The rate is low of the migrant children's parents in EPI knowledge, active attitude and behavior, and health education intervention can significantly improve the parents' KAP, then raising the immunization rate for their children.