CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 365-370.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2020.03.017

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A survey on the needs and evaluation of global health trainings for provincial centers for disease prevention and control and institutions for parasitic disease control in China

DUAN Lei, YANG Fan, HUANG Lu-lu, DING Wei, WANG Bei, LI Hong-mei, QIAN Ying-jun, MA Xue-jiao, WANG Duo-quan, XIAO Ning, ZHOU Xiao-nong, GUAN Ya-yi*()   

  1. National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention;Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research;WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases;National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology;Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
  • Received:2020-02-02 Online:2020-06-30 Published:2020-07-07
  • Contact: Ya-yi GUAN E-mail:guanyy@nipd.chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Technical Reserve Program for Global Tropical Diseases Prevention and Control(131031104000160004);Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Fund(202003);China-Cambodia Malaria Diagnosis and Surveillance Cross-border Cooperation Project(2020306)

Abstract:

This study was performed to understand the needs of global health trainings for professionals in provincial centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) and institutions for parasitic disease prevention and control, and evaluate the efficacy of training courses with suggestions, to provide reference for further improving the design of global health training. A total of 132 participants joined the global health training held by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and the National Institute Parasitic Diseases of China CDC were surveyed. They were from 30 provincial CDCs (or CDCs at levels of municipality and autonomous regions excluding Tibet) and 7 provincial (Yunnan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and Shandong) parasitic disease control and prevention institutions. Questionnaires containing information on gender, age, positional title, institution category, the intention and main reasons to attend global health training, gaps on foreign aid work, content of training, and efficacy evaluations and suggestions for training courses. A total of 119 respondents completed the questionnaire, with a response rate of 90.2% (119/132). Of the 119 respondents 73.9% (88/119) showed willingness to attend global health training, and only 16.8% (20/119) of the respondents answered that their institutions or centers had held global health training. The proportions of those willing to participate in foreign aid work and those who had participated in foreign aid work were 95.8% (114/119) and 9.2% (11/119), respectively. In addition, 46.2% (55/119) of the respondents regarded improvement of professional competence and communication skills as the most pressing reasons for attending global health training. The most important gap for foreign aid work, according to the respondents (40.3%, 48/119), was the insufficiency of experience. Further, 66.4% (71/107) of the respondents were satisfied with the overall efficacy of global health training. There is a strong need to participate in global health trainings among professionals in provincial CDCs and institutions. The effectiveness of the previous training courses is quite well. Improvements in training time and content are expected for future training courses.

Key words: Global Health, Training, Demand Survey, Evaluation

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