J Korean Community Nurs.  2004 Dec;15(4):517-527.

An Evaluative Study of Health Education Programs for Community-based Hypertension Control in Public Health Centers

• Lee I

Abstract

PURPOSE
This research is to find a solution for educational work on high blood pressure control in public health centers by analyzing their current status. METHOD: It analyzed data from 133 public health centers that had been doing educational work on high blood pressure, through a questionnaire. Also, it developed recommendations by converging opinions from an expert group made of 25 people with nominal group technique. RESULT: The educational methods of public health centers did not make any approach to get to the goal of the work. The mass media education and campaign activities for the general public had just temporary and passive propensities. In education for patients, it did not use appropriate methods to present management techniques for diagnosis process of patients, medication management, self monitoring BP, and risk factors. Pocket book for monitoring high blood pressure was not focused on self- recording for self-management. The expert group recommended that educational materials for adults should be developed focusing on treatments and observance of risk factors through daily living, and those for children should be focused on basic understanding about diseases, and life style.
CONCLUSION
Presenting direction and strategy of fundamental education work is needed for public health centers by giving them standard educational guidelines of managing high blood pressure nationally, and it is desirable that fundamental frameworks of educational materials should be developed and distributed by professional groups nationally.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Child
Diagnosis
Education
Health Education*
Humans
Hypertension*
Life Style
Mass Media
Public Health*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Self Care