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Survey of Health Knowledge Between Medical and Non-medical College Students in Fengtai Distract of Beijing

Received: 6 August 2018     Accepted: 14 September 2018     Published: 27 October 2018
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Objective To know the attitudes, content, achieving approach of health knowledge among medical and non-medical college students, analyze their difference, provide the evidence for health education in college students. Methods Cluster random sampling method was used to recruit 660 college students from medical and non-medical colleges in Fengtai Distract of Beijing. The subjects were investigated by self-designed questionnaire, and there were 603 valid questionnaires. Results 72.6% of students believed that it was necessary to have health knowledge. College students were most interested in health lifestyle, accounting for 60.2%, followed by reasonable dietary and nutrition (47.6%), emergency aid and communal (43.9%), mental health (37.4%). The primary approach that college students obtained health knowledge was mobile phones and network, accounting for 67.2%, followed by paper media (63.0%), television and video (55.4%). There were significant difference in healthy lifestyle, reasonable diet and nutrition, mental health, infectious disease prevention, chronic disease prevention, public places reliability analysis between medical and non-medical students (P>0.05) The difference in attitude towards knowledge and achieving approach were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusions College students' have the positive attitude towards health knowledge. Medical and non-medical students focus on different health content. New media technology should be strengthened to cultivate college students’ health knowledge in college students.

Published in American Journal of Health Research (Volume 6, Issue 4)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajhr.20180604.16
Page(s) 93-97
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Keywords

College Student, Health Knowledge, Survey, Medical

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  • Health Education Institute of Fengtai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

  • Health Education Institute of Fengtai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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