| ObjectiveTo surve the situation on OP cognitive, Health belief and behavior among themiddle aged and elderly people in the community and to explore the interventioneffect. Provide theoretical basis for scientific the OP health education program.MethodAccording to the principle of voluntary participation64persons whose age is over45in guangzhou city yuexiu district as intervention group was selected,Provide threemonths osteoporosis knowledge health education to the intervention group,64persons whose economy, culture, living standards and social status is equilibrium inyuexiu district pearl street was selected with simple random sampling method ascontrol group, control group don’t give any intervention. Both group were given aosteoporosis knowledge, attitude and behavior survey. Compared before and afterhealth education intervention group and intervention group and control group afterintervention of osteoporosis knowledge score, osteoporosis health belief scores andosteoporosis related behavior. Survey developed by Kim and other osteoporosisknowledge scale and osteoporosis health belief scale. Actual intervention group62effective questionnaires were taken back, the control group the actual58validquestionnaires were taken back.Result1The osteoporosis knowledge scores of the middle aged and elderly people inguangzhou yuexiu (15.50±3.42) before the intervention, health belief scores(117.28±9.27); Compared with Intervention group and the control group OPknowledge, belief, and behavior had no statistical difference (P>0.05). 2The osteoporosis knowledge of the middle aged and elderly people in guangzhouyuexiu acquire by TV(65.0%), newspaper (60.0%), magazines (57.5%) and radio(45.8%), doctors (40.8%), Internet (32.5%), family (18.3%), friends (17.5%), others(1.7%), nurses (0.8%); the middle aged and elderly people in guangzhou yuexiu hopeobtain osteoporosis knowledge by talking care (73.3%), expert lectures (70.8%),distributing publicity materials (24.2%), publicity column (18.3%), lounge for (0.8%).3The OP knowledge surveys on control group before and after intervention haveno statistical difference (P>0.05).4After health education the OP knowledge score of intervention group wasincreased (P <0.05), health belief and total dimensions except the dimension ofseverity the rest scores was increased too (P <0.05), drink strong tea in the proportionof relatively lower before health education (P <0.05), accept the sunshine, eating soyproducts added, vitamin D, calcium supplements, the weekly number3or higherproportion of healthier after health education the former high (P <0.05).5After health education the intervention group OP knowledge score, health beliefand total score except gravity dimensions were higher than the control group, thedifference was statistically significant (P <0.05); drink strong tea, the proportion ofrelatively lower before health education (P <0.05), accept the sunshine, eating soyproducts added, vitamin D, calcium supplements, the weekly number3or higherproportion of healthier after health education the former high (P <0.05).Conclusion1The middle aged and elderly people in the two communities of yuexiu district don’tfully grasp the osteoporosis knowledge.2The health belief of The middle aged and elderly people in the two communitiesof yuexiu district Guangzhou is not high.3The members of the control group and the treatment group after health education,has improved their understanding of osteoporosis. 4Osteoporosis health education can decrease high-risk behavior among the middleaged and elderly people and increase the protection act to prevent osteoporosis. |