Abstract: Objective To study the epidemiological characteristics of falls of the elderly in the community, Shijiazhuang. Methods Through random stratified sampling, an investigation of 836 adults in 2012 was carried out among the elderly of 60 years old and above, who living at least 1 year in Weiming communities of Qiaoxi district, Shijiazhuang. Intervention strategies including giving lectures and distributing free literature on falls-related knowledge,and making personalized programs and health education on falls prevention were provided to the interviewees regularly every year after the time of baseline survey.A follow-up survey was conducted in the same community in 2015. Results The incidence of falls was 11.6% at baseline,while the incidence rate of falls was 5.7% after the intervention.After the intervention,the awareness rate of falls-related knowledge in "falls can be prevented", "the elderly should take medical optometry before buying presbyopic glasses" and "if the elderly should be lift up immediately after the fall" were higher than those before the intervention(all P<0.001), and the rate of relevant behavior in "taking measures to prevent falls" and "you would not reduce your daily activities or sports because of the fearing of falling"were higher than those before the intervention(all P<0.001). Conclusions The comprehensive intervention can improve the knowledge awareness of preventing falls and the rate of related behavior of the elderly in the community, and it can reduce the incidence rate of fall.