This study was designed to identify the relationship between health perception and health behavior in nursing students and provide basic data for structuring the strategies of health promotion. The targets in this study were the 191 nursing students in nursing department of one national university in Chonju city. The data were collected during the period from 10 to 25 in Nov. 1995 by means of a structured questionnaire. Health perception was measured by the health perception questionnaire developed by Ware and translated by You. Health behavior was measured by health promotion questionnaire developed by Cho. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation using the $SPSS-PC^+$ program. The results of this study were as follows; 1. The mean health perception score of the subjects was 3.21; the level of health perception was relatively high. 2. The mean health behavior score of the subjects was 3.61; the level of health behavior was relatively high. 3. When health perception and health behavior was analyzed by Pearson correlation., it was found that the higher the degree of health perception, the better the reported health behavior(r=.1463, p=.022). 4. General characteristics related to health perception were attitude and school life(p<0.05). General characteristics related to health behavior were degree, religion, attitude and school life(p<0.05).