ObjectiveTo understand the awareness of 8 new core knowledge of tuberculosis prevention and treatment, and to analyze its factors for affecting “standards” of core knowledge awareness of tuberculosis among college freshmen. MethodsThe stratified cluster random sampling method was adopted to select undergraduate freshmen from a medical school in Guangxi in 2019 as the survey subjects. On-site questionnaire surveys were employed to understand the core knowledge awareness of tuberculosis prevention and treatment among college freshmen. The univariate analysis and binary logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the affecting factors for “standards” of core knowledge awareness of tuberculosis prevention and treatment among college freshmen. ResultsThe total awareness rate of the new 8 core knowledge of tuberculosis prevention and treatment among college freshmen was 73.3%, among which the awareness rate of “ensuring adequate sleep, reasonable diet, and strengthening physical exercise can reduce the incidence of tuberculosis” was the highest, reaching for 88.8%. The awareness rate of “coughing and sputum expectoration for more than 2 weeks should be suspected of having tuberculosis and seeking medical attention in time” was the lowest, only for 47.5%. The univariate analysis results showed that the overall awareness rate of “standards” of tuberculosis prevention and treatment core knowledge in different student-origin, the presence of college freshmen who had heard of tuberculosis, and the presence of college freshmen who had received tuberculosis health education, was statistically significantly different (P＜0.05). The results of binary logistic regression analysis revealed that student-origin, the presence of having received health education concerning tuberculosis, and the presence of having heard of tuberculosis were independent affecting factors for “standards” of the overall awareness rate of tuberculosis prevention and treatment core knowledge among college freshmen. ConclusionThe college freshmen have a low awareness rate of core knowledge of tuberculosis prevention and treatment. The student-origin, the presence of having received health education concerning tuberculosis, and the presence of having heard of tuberculosis are independent affecting factors for “standards” of the overall awareness rate of tuberculosis prevention and treatment core knowledge among college freshmen. Colleges and universities should strengthen the theoretical and practical education of tuberculosis prevention and treatment for freshmen.

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