Abstract: Objective: To enhance the health education capabilities of primary care nurses and evaluate its effectiveness, aiming to improve the health education skills of primary care nurses and promote the effective implementation of health education. Methods: This study selected 71 nurses from a county hospital in Shanxi province as the research subjects with convenience sampling method. The practice of enhancing health education capabilities of primary care nurses based on the IPO (Input-Process-Output) model was conducted from April to December 2023, comparing the health education capabilities and the implementation of health education before and after the intervention. Results: After the intervention, the health education capability score of the subjects was 217.35±28.93, significantly higher than before the intervention (203.83±37.48) (P<0.05); the rate of health education implementation increased significantly from 54.93% to 91.55% after the intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion: The practice of enhancing health education capabilities based on the IPO model can improve the health education skills of primary care nurses and promote the implementation of health education activities. It is an effective measure for implementing health assistance and a beneficial attempt to enhance the health education capabilities of primary care nurses.

Key words: basic-level hospital; nurse; health education capability; enhancement strategy; health assistance