Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based arthritis education program conducted in a number of locations throughout the Sydney, Australia, metropolitan area.Methods. The program, based on earlier work, comprised 6 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours' duration. The study sample included 275 men and women with different types of arthritis, divided into intervention (n = 204) and control (n = 71) groups. Five outcome measures were selected to evaluate effectiveness of the program: pain perception, knowledge level, selfefficacy, disability index, and self-management behavior.Results. The results indicated that the program was effective in increasing knowledge level (Ff 2,2221 = 20.3, P = 0.002 at 6 weeks; Ff2,1081 = 7.8, P = 0.006 at 6 months), and a statistically significant difference was found in disability satisfaction 6 months after intervention FfL981 = 5.9, P = 0.011, but no statistically significant difference was found in pain perception, self-efficacy, and disability index.Conclusion. This research supports some of the successful outcomes which follow an arthritis edu-