Abstract: Objective: To investigate the effect and source of knowledge education on prevention and control of leprosy among community and village residents, and to provide reference for improving the awareness rate of knowledge on prevention and control of leprosy. Methods: The questionnaire was designed by ourselves to obtain the source of knowledge of leprosy prevention and control ,and 5183 residents aged 18-59 in Jiangnan Street and Zhiying Town of Yongkang City were selected by random sampling method.The comprehensive health education intervention lasted for 3 months, and the awareness rate of leprosy prevention and control core knowledge was investigated before and after intervention, and the effect of intervention education was evaluated. Results: Among 5183 community and village residents, the knowledge of leprosy prevention and control came from mobile network accounted for 46.43%, newspapers and television accounted for 45.51%, health education accounted for 39.69%, community publicity accounting for 34.99%, relatives and friends accounted for 11.90%, blackboard posters accounted for 7.95%, other ways accounted for 14.51%, and 10.19% had never been exposed. The overall awareness rate of leprosy prevention and control knowledge after intervention was 65.29%, which was higher than before intervention (52.88%), with a significant difference (χ2=327.154, P<0.001). Conclusions: The intervention and education achieved obvious effect, and the intervention is an effective means to improve the awareness rate of leprosy prevention and control knowledge.

Key words: residents, knowledge of leprosy control, source way, education effect, investigation and analysis