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BACKGROUND: COVID‑19 is a serious and costly problem for communities. Observing healthissues and performing preventive behaviors is influenced by their knowledge and skills of peopletoward COVID‑19. Hence, this study investigated the knowledge, skill, and practice of the public ofShahrekord toward COVID‑19.MATERIALS AND METHOD: The present study was performed as a cross sectional. Data werecollected using an online questionnaire from 540 Shahrekord residents who were selected viaconvenience sampling in 2020. Knowledge, skill, and practice toward COVID‑19 were assessedusing a prevalidated questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS‑21 software (one‑wayanalysis of variance, Pearson test, and regression test).RESULTS: In this study, 39.1% were male, and 60.9% were female and 46.3% were 20–25 years.The mean score of knowledge, skill, and preventive behaviors was 75.69 ± 17.85, 53.87 ± 27.40,and 59.97 ± 23.79, respectively. There was a significant direct relationship between knowledgeand skill (P = 0.05 and r = 081) so that public with more knowledge had a better skill as well.There was a significant association between age (P = 0.036), education level (P = 0.019) , andjob (P = 0.014) with knowledge. In addition, a significant association between job (P = 0.027) andmarital status (P = 0.014) with skill was observed. Knowledge, skill, and demographic variablespredict 37.6% preventive behavior.CONCLUSION: The majority of the participants had good knowledge, moderate skill, and relativelyenough practice. Government and policymakers must consider these knowledge levels, skill, andpractices to implement productive interventions for preventing the COVID‑19.