Abstract：Objective To appraise the quality of rural environmental health, to explore the comprehensive evaluation method based on principal component analysis method combined with entropy method, and to provide a reference basis for improving the precision of evaluation results andObjectively reflecting the current situation of rural environmental health in Fujian Province. Methods Principal component analysis method, entropy method and integrated comprehensive evaluation method were independently used to comprehensively assess the quality of rural environmental health in 19 counties, Fujian Province. Results The cumulative variance contribution rate of the extracted 3 principal components in principal component analysis method was 87.14% of which the first component was closely related to the rural household latrine hygiene, the second to the status of rural vector organisms, and the third to the status of rural water supply sanitation. The index weight confirmed by entropy method revealed that water supply sanitation and vector organisms occupied an important position in evaluating the quality of rural environmental health. The synthetic scores of integrated comprehensive evaluation revealed that the rural environmental health quality of the economical developed coastal areas in southern Fujian Province was superior to that of the economic undeveloped areas in northern Fujian Province. Conclusions There was consistency in the appraisal conclusions of the rural environmental health quality between principal component analysis method and entropy method. The combination of the above-mentioned 2 methods can play the role of complementary advantages and make anObjective, scientific and synthetic judgment on the quality of rural environmental health and the existing problems so as to provide scientific guidance for the relevant departments to develop the improvement measures for rural environmental health.
2016, Vol. 23 
