Objective In order to assist the medical staff to take appropriate contents and ways of health education,and to promote the recovery of physical and mental health of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),the needs of the parents about how to help them acquire the related knowledge were investigated.Methods A survey on the degree of familiarity of nursing knowledge,the requirements and the ways for getting the knowledge about the health education was carried out.Results The rate of 226 parents who knew about nursing knowledge was 10.62％-87.61％ (24/226-198/226).More than half of the parents needed health education.The rates of concerns were as follows,92.48％ (209/226) of all the parents concerned on the factors affecting prognosis,94.69％(214/226) on the comorbidities,92.04％ (208/226) on the training methods of attention,and 91.15％ (206/226) on psychological and behavioral interventions.Conclusions Parents could acquire related knowledge and educational methods about ADHD from the medical staff and afford a good care,which may improve behavior problems and mental health of the children with ADHD.