Investigation on inhabitant’s satisfaction degree on health environment in Beijing

ObjectiveTo measure the satisfaction degree of various health environment components among inhabitans in Beijing.To collect baseline data for further analysis of Olympic Health Impact so as to make policy suggestions.MethodsA reward media survey was conducted in 2005.The questionnaire included demographic information,satisfaction degree of various health environment components;self reported living condition and personal health condition.ResultsThe top 3 aspects with the highest satisfaction rate were "Green space","Public Fitness places and facilities" and "Water quality",the rate was 59.9%,53.2%,45.5%.On the contract,the rear 4 aspects were "Public sanitation habit","Traffic condition","Civilized degree of the public" and "Health service",the rate was 17.2%,19.8%,23.2% and 28.5%.Partial correlation analysis showed that the satisfaction degree of living condition had positive relation with satisfaction degree of those health environment components.(P<0.05).Logistic regression showed that age,sex,occupation,education level,income,regular physical activity were independent factors of living condition and health condition(P<0.05).ConclusionMost of health environment components of Beijing had low satisfaction degree among inhabitants in Beijing.Although inhabitants recognized the improvement of "Air Quality" in Beijing,but its low satisfaction rate suggested that "Air Quality"is still at low level.Health environment condition can influence the satisfaction degree of personal living and health condition.