英文摘要 |
Taiwan government has implemented the National Health Insurance (NHI) since 1995. Owing to people's lack of health insurance knowledge and overuse of medical resources, the Ministry of Education added the issue "National Health Insurance" to the Health Promoting School in 2013, hoping students can cherish our medical recourses. This study aimed at investigating the six-grade students' knowledge and behaviors of cherish the NHI in elementary schools in Yunlin County. In April 2015, there were totally 156 elementary schools involved in, 6,168 questionnaires delivered, and 5,159 (83.6%) were valid of all. The results showed that 72% students had the knowledge of "all nations join the insurance" and 61% of "medical resources are limited", which were the highest in the knowledge dimension. 23% of "the ability of payment" and 34% of "mutual help" were the two lowest. In the behavior dimension, it was the highest that 72% students can explain the benefits of the NHI to the family. "Can avoid taking medical treatments repeatedly" was the lowest (45.5%). After using ANOVA and post Hoc comparison, we found that the knowledge score was rural> town> city (p<.001); the behavior score didn't have a significant difference. According to t-test by the gender, the knowledge score of female students was significant higher than male's (p<.001). To sum up, both respondents' knowledge and behaviors were deficient, especially in cities and male students. We suggest that schools should develop the comprehensive NHI education which connects to the six strategies of health promoting school program and community coalition activity. |