JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Hue University, N0 61, 2010 ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION OUTCOMES ABOUT DYSLIPIDEMIA, USING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN HUE CITY Doan Phuoc Thuoc College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University Nguyen Thi Kim Tien Vietnam's Ministry of Health SUMMARY Dyslipidemia is very common in the community and is an important risk factor of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease with high mortality A community intervention of health education is designed to progressively reduce dietary intake of satuprevalenced fats, cholesterol, total calories and increase physical activities to decrease dyslipidemia The intervention was conducted by a network of medical staffs in wards and intergprevalence with other health programmes After 12 months of intervention, the prevalence of dyslipidemia decreased 11.6% (from 39.3% to 27.7%) The prevalence of high serum total cholesterol (TC) levels reduced from 20.4% to 11.1%, LDL-C levels reduced from 15.7% to 6%, triglicerides levels did not change Average values of serum HDL-C levels increased (from 53.6 mg / dL to 63.9 mg / dL) and LDL-C levels reduced (from 119.4 mg / dL to 100.6 mg / dL) (p