An Epidemiological Study on Health Behavior of Rural Community in Anhui Province

Object　To investig ate the rural population' s health behavior status and the factors associated with ill-behavio r.Method Cross -sectional study.Results I n men, the rate of smoking and drinking were 46.3 %, 46.9 % respectively.Smoking behavior was related to drinking's significantly.8.3% of all subjects did not eat reg ular three meals daily and 89.1% in tw o-meals subjects did not eat reg ularbreakfasts.Never or rarely-exercise was 90.4%, 74.9 % of all subjects sleeped seven to eight hours per day.Only 38.5% of the respondents had the habit of washing hands before lunch and after W.C.79.3% of the subjects brushed their teeth daily everyday.Comprehensive health behavior status analysis illustrated:64.8 % of the subjects had 3 ～ 5 health behavior.Only 16.9 % had more than six.Conclusion The status of health behavior of rural population were bad.We must reinfo rce the health educatio n in rural community