Survey of knowledge and behavior of the students pertaining to health in Huaian City / 中华健康管理学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To promote students health knowledge and behavior and to create work that would provide the basis for evaluating the health promoting school. Method In 102 of the health promoting schools, using cluster random sampling method, in each applied school last digit survey date was used as a random number, selected classes were investigated about the infectious disease, chronic disease, vaccination, emergencies and other items. The subjects of the investigation were totally 5 368 people, 2 673 girls, and 2 695 boys, including primary school students 2 848 (rural students 1 272, 1 576 urban), middle school students 2 520 (rural students 1 127, 1 393 urban). All the 5 368 questionnaires were returned, 5 366 were valid. Chi-square test was used to evaluate health knowledge awareness and behavior formation rate, P<0.05 was regarded as having statistical significance. Result Overall, the awareness rate of knowledge (84.5%) and behavior formation rate (76.5%) of girls were higher than those of boys (83.4%, 75.1%) (χ2=26.17, 13.23, P<0.05). The awareness rate of knowledge of primary school girls (83.1%) and their behavior formation rate (76.9%) were also higher than those of primary school boys (81.9%, 74.5%) (χ2=13.70, 21.58, P<0.05) city primary school students; knowledge rate (85%) and behavior formation rate (77.6%) of urban students were higher than those of rural students (80.2%, 74.1%) (χ2=226.99, 49.28, P<0.05). The awareness rate of knowledge of middle school girls (86.1%) was higher than that of middle school boys (85.1%) (χ2=9.73, P<0.05);awareness rate of knowledge (85.8%) of middle school urban students was higher than that of rural students (84.3%) (χ2=22.37, P<0.05). The awareness rate of silver and bronze school knowledge (84.0%, 84.0%) was higher than that of gold (80.6%) (χ2=19.02, 20.08, P<0.05);the gold medal school behavior formation rate (83.3%) was higher than that of silver and bronze school (76.2%, 75.4%) (χ2=30.57, 38.76, P<0.05), silverbehavior formation rate (76.2%) was higher than the that of bronze medal schools (75.4%) (χ2=3.99, P<0.05). Conclusion The school health promotion work is still focusing on health knowledge education stage, the awareness rates of knowledge and behavior formation rates are not completely consistent. Health promotion has not become a liability and the concept of the schools surveyed.