Intervention effect of multidimensional health literacy promotion on nutritional iron-deficiency anemia in children
Liu Li
Hu Ying
Yang Feng'e
Zhou Xingli
Zhang Min
Abstract：Objective This study aimed to evaluate the preventive and control effects of a multidimensional community health literacy promotion on nutritional iron-deficiency anemia(IDA)in children,in order to explore the effectiveness of health ed-ucation in reducing the prevalence of pediatric nutritional IDA.Methods Based on annual reports of 0-6 year-old children living in the community in Beijing,we selected all registered 0-3 year-old children under our center's management as the study population:108 children in 2021,76 in 2022,and 78 in 2023.Interventions included breastfeeding guidance,comple-mentary feeding counseling,health education lectures,dissemination of nutrition and feeding educational videos via WeChat social media groups,and parenting support group activities.Hemoglobin levels were collected during routine physical exami-nations to assess anemia status.Results The anemia rate declined yearly:19.44%in 2021,9.21%in 2022,and 1.28%in 2023.The 2023 anemia rate was significantly lower than that in 2021(P<0.05).Conclusion Community-based,multidi-mensional health literacy promotion—through the provision of evidence-based nutrition guidance and health education—effec-tively reduces the incidence of nutritional IDA and overweight in children,and is of marked value in promoting healthy child development.
Keywords：Multidimensional community health literacy promotionPediatric nutritional iron-deficiency anemiaOver-weightIntervention effect
Publication Date：2024-12-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 50-53 )