Survey on Health Education Needs among Rural Residents in Daxing District of Beijing City in 2007

[Objective]To learn the status of health knowledge and health education among rural residents in Daxing district of Beijing and provide reference basis for health education and promation intervention.[Methods]In 2007,rural residents were selected in Daxing district of Beijing.[Results]The total awareness rate of 9 hypertension risk factors was 10.41%,and the total awareness rate of 9 diabetes risk factors was 0.37%;8.18% of rural citizens knew all 6 measures for flu prevention and 5.95% knew all 7 measures for digestive system infectious diseases prevention.People got the health information mainly from TV 90.52%,broadcast(39.59%) and newspaper(30.11%),but they hoped to get the information from TV 78.81%),broadcast(34.39%) and health lecture(30.86%) Besides,most of them wanted to get more health information about chronic disease prevention(76.58%),health eating(62.45%).[Conclusion]The knowledge level for health prevention of rural citizen needs to be improved.TV,broadcast and health lecture should be the main ways for health education and promotion.