本研究的主要目的在瞭解台南地區大專院校學生對嚴重急性呼吸道症候群（Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS）的認知、態度與預防行為意願及其相關因素之探討。研究對象以台南地區大專學生為母群體，以隨機集束抽樣方式，採問卷調查法，共發出640份問卷，回收592份，回收率92.5%，資料收集之後進行描述及推論性的統計分析。調查結果顯示：（一）在認知方面，平均總得分為11.77分，認知得分在性別、就讀科院、自覺健康狀況上有顯著差異。（二）在態度方面以健康信念模式來探討，就自覺罹患性而言，在SARS流行期間，大多的受測者都覺得自己有罹病的可能；就自覺嚴重性而言，大部分的受測者對SARS感到恐懼，但不認為罹患SARS就會死亡；就自覺利益性而言， 大部分的受測者認為量體溫對防SARS是有效的；就自覺障礙性而言，大部分的受測者覺得量體溫就像每天做同樣的事情會感到厭煩及行動受到限制很不方便。（三）在預防行為方面：大部分受測者有較高之意願配合實施預防行為包括量體溫與居家隔離，不同的就讀科院在量體溫與居家隔離行為配合意願上有顯著之差異，是否有閱讀SARS相關的資料，會影響量體溫的行為意願。研究結果可提供學校與相關衛生單位制訂傳染病防治策略以進行疾病防治教育之參考。 The purpose of this study is to exam college students’ knowledge, attitudes, preventive behavioral intentions toward Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome（SARS）in Tainan Area. 640 subjects were selected by a random stratified method and 592 questionnaires were returned, the rate of effective sample is 92.5%. Results showed that (1) knowledge toward SARS：the mean score of knowledge is 11.77，Knowledge scores have significant differences in gender, academic department, and self health condition. (2) attitude toward SARS：Most subjects felt that they could be affected with SARS in the epidemic period. Subjects were afraid of SARS, but they don’t think when they were infected they would die. Most subjects think that temperature measurement can effectively prevent people from SARS, but they were boring to do the same thing everyday. (3)preventive behavioral intentions toward SARS：Most subjects have high intentions to do preventive behaviors. Subjects in different academic departments and reading SARS related information have significantly different intentions. Results of this study can provide schools and health organizations to set up strategic methods and health education programs to prevent SARS.
