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The purposes of this study were: to examine (a) self-reflectd unhealthy behavior and the need for behavioral change, and; (b) to evaluate the satisfaction about the “Behavioral change” learning station of the participants of the “Health behavioral change to reduce cardiovascular disease risk among the high-risk civil servants and families in Bangkok” Project (“Heart health promotion for civil workers and families” Project). The project was jointly implemented by Faculty of Medicine at Chulalongkorn University and Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital of the Thai Red-Cross during February-August 2007. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaires. They were then analysed and presented as frequency and percentage.Results showed that 1,312 of the total 1,482 project participants responded to the questionnaires (88.5 percent). They were civil workers and family members from 175 agencies of the 20 ministries throughout Bangkok. Most of them were female (77 percent), aged between 7-86 years with the average age of 51 years. The most important self-reported unhealthy behaviors were eating behavior (33-39 percent), physical inactivity (20-25 percent), and emotional stress (14-20 percent) respectively. The 3 highest priorities of behavioral change intention were also for eating behavior (40 percent), physical inactivity (25-30 percent), and emotional stress (10 percent) respectively. Concerning the satisfaction about the “Behavioral change” learning station, 67.8-82.9 percent of the participants were rather or very satisfied to activity of the learning the station. The least and most satisfied aspects were the duration and the usefulness of the activity respectively.In conclusion, for any health behavioral change program or curriculum targeting to serve the civil workers and families in Bangkok, high emphasis should places on the in-depth activity concerning eating behavior, physical inactivity, and emotional stress.