Background At present, there are several problems in health science popularization in China, such as unbalanced development among science popularization institutions, insufficient investment in science popularization, difficulties in refined evaluation of science popularization effectiveness. Besides, with the advent of "science popularization fever", science popularization work presents new characteristics and a new evaluation system is urgently needed. Taking health science popularization as an example, the research on the work evaluation of institutions is relatively weak, and the existing evaluation system has some practical problems such as single dimension, difficulties to quantify, lack of systematization and operability.
Objective To construct an evaluation index system of health science popularization, so as to provide reference for the establishment of evaluation criteria for health science popularization work for social institutions.
Methods Based on the theory of "structure-process-result" and literature reports, a correspondence questionnaire was formulated, 14 senior practitioners in the field of health science popularization were selected to form an expert panel, and Delphi method was used to conduct three rounds of correspondence by email from April to May 2022. SPSS 25.0 software was used for statistics and analysis of data. The evaluation index system of science popularization work for social institutions was constructed according to expert opinions.
Results The recovery rate of the first round of correspondence questionnaire was 100%. A total of 9 experts gave 34 revised opinions on 19 indicators with the rate of expert opinions was 64.29% (9/14), indicating a high degree of experts' enthusiasm. The authority coefficient of experts of the correspondence experts was 0.814, with the judgment basis of 0.886 and the familiarity degree of 0.742. Kendall's W coefficient of the first round and the second round of expert correspondence was 0.238 and 0.246, respectively (P<0.001). The CVs of the two rounds of expert correspondence were both less than 0.250, indicating a good consistency of expert opinions. The evaluation index system of science popularization work for social institutions was determined and constructed, including 3 primary indicators (input, implementation and effectiveness of science popularization), 16 secondary indicators and 77 tertiary indicators.
Conclusion The evaluation index system of health science popularization work for social institutions is constructed based on Delphi method, including 3 primary indicators (input, implementation and effectiveness of science popularization), 16 secondary indicators and 77 tertiary indicators, its application is helpful to improve the efficiency of health science popularization work in social institutions.
