Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of TB health education among school students in Yan Shan in order to provide evidence basis for further health promotion work.  Methods Students were divided into three groups, namely high, middle, primary school group. Same questionnaire which contains 14 questions was used to investigate TB knowledge at baseline, as well as after 6 month’s health education after baseline investigation. 1531 and 1511 eligible questionnaires were received at baseline and after 6 month, the corresponding eligible rate of questionnaire was 99.4% and 99.6% respectively.  Results The overall awareness rate of TB was 43.4%. 5.81% of patients had 100% correct answers. For 3 major questions, including“How long is the indication of TB for cough and expectoration? Where best to seek medical care for suspected TB? Is there any free TB treatment policy in China?”, 26.7% of students got the correct answers to these 3 questions simultaneously. After 6 months’ education, awareness rate increased to 74.1%. 25.2% of students have full correct answers. 54.8% of students got the correct answers to the three questions listed above. Awareness rates are significantly different between baseline and after education except for primary students group.  Conclusion Health education has remarkable effect in promotion of TB awareness for school students.

Key words: tuberculosis, pulmonary/prevention and control, health education, Beijing city