Health knowledge and attitude and educational effect among undergraduates in Guangzhou

Objective To understand the status of health knowledge and attitude and to evaluate instant effect of education course among undergraduates in a university in Guangzhou.Methods Cluster random sampling was used to select 198 students participating a health education course and 293 students being control group.The two groups completed a selfadministered questionnaire on health knowledge and attitude.Results The average score of health know ledge in the control group(63.98±15.68) was much low er than that of the intervention group(81.17±12.84,t=13.30; P=0.000).Of all undergraduates,94.7% considered that it was necessary to develop a health education course on campus; 97.5% reported acquiring some knowledge from the course; 98.5% were satisfied with the content of the course.Of all undergraduates,84.6% did not took the course because they did not know the establishment of the course.Conclusion The undergraduates had poor health know ledge.It is necessary to develop a health education course to improve undergraduates ' health know ledge.