Study on the influencing factors of health knowledge and health habits among senior high school students in the deaf-mute high school

[Objective] To understand the deaf-mute high school students' health knowledge and health habits, investigate the influencing factors of health knowledge and health habits for formulating intervention measures. [Methods] A self-designed questionnaire was independently filled by 250 senior high school students at a deaf-mute school. [Results] The awareness rate of health knowledge was 62.9% while the behavior forming rate was 52.8%. The influencing factors of health knowledge were cognitive of the social environment, the school environment, the way of knowledge accepted, and age. The influencing factors of health habits were level of father's educational, grade. [Conclusion] The awareness rate of health knowledge and the formation rate of health habits of the deaf-mute high school students were all at a low level. We should strengthen home-school co-education and concern the health problems of deaf-mute students further.