Community health service demand among community residents in Wuhan city

Objective To investigate the community health service demand among community residents in Wuhan city,and to provide a scientific basis for promoting health service in community residents.Methods Using cross-sectional investigation method,2 026 residents in 10 communities were investigated.Results The average body mass index of male residents was 23.13±2.57 and that of the female was 20.83±2.42.The overweight and obesity rate of the community residents was 32.7%.Investigation on demand of community health service showed that 38.4% of the community residents asking for chronic disease prevention service,19% for health examination and health management,and 17% for health education.The health care needs of the community residents were disease prevention knowledge(44.9%),healthy life knowledge(16.6%) and healthy diet knowledge(12.7%).The pattern of the health education the residents selected were expert lecture(32.5%),face-to-face consultation(30.5%),and reading health education materials(18.2%).The family health services the residents hoped to accept were home health care(37%),health promotion(22.3%),and dietary nutrition(21.1%).Conclusion The demand of community health service among community residents in Wuhan city is multidimentional,suggesting that the development of community health service project,health care information,health education,and family health service should be strengthened.