Assess to evaluate the effectiveness of education Programme regarding Prevention of TORCH infections during pregnancy among Antenatal mothers.

Aim: Assess to evaluate the effectiveness of education Programme regarding Prevention of TORCH infections during pregnancy among Antenatal mothers. Participants and setting: The research design used in this study was one group pre test and post test no control group. The study was conducted in chivamla village, suryapet, Telugana, India.The investigator selected 50antenatal mothers who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Intervention: The investigator assessed the knowledge on TORCH infection using the structured interview schedule. It took about 10 – 15 minutes for each individual. Soon after the pretest educational package was given through health talk, projected aids and pamphlet. The post test was conducted after 2 days and scoring was analyzed. Measurement and findings: To assess the effectiveness of education programme which was done by calculating the ‘t’ value (0.527) which is confirmed that there was statistically significant difference between pre and post test knowledge at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: The pre test knowledge had an overall mean score of 13.20 and the post test knowledge had an overall score of 40.49 which showed that there is significant difference in the level of knowledge following the administration of educational package.