Abstract:Objectives To investigate the health knowledge,intention and behavior of floating population before pregnancy in Jiangsu Province.Methods 18 Family planning cadres were deeply interviewed in 3 project sites of the southern,the central and the northern region of Jiangsu during the first half of 2015 on the basis of the survey of 600 floating population.Results Most floating population aged from 20 to 30 years were workers and businessmen,having middle school education to junior college education and living in one place for more than 1 year.They had general knowledge of prenatal and postnatal care,the main channel was network,TV,consulting services and active promotion.The rate of participating in pre-pregnancy health examination was low which showed lack of initiative of floating population,even though they enjoy the same quality services as the permanent residents.Conclusions Floating population is the emphasis and difficulty for promoting the complete coverage of the free pre-pregnancy health examination.To strengthening the research in the pre-pregnancy care of floating population and enhance the education of floating population,so as to promote more floating population to participate in pre-pregnancy health examination.