Aim: To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding the prevention of TORCH infections among the antenatal mothers visiting the antenatal OPD in selected hospitals Bangalore, India.

Materials and Methods: A quantitative approach was adopted to conduct this study and the design used was pre experimental one group pretest and posttest research design. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was used for generating necessary data from 60 antenatal mothers visiting the antenatal OPD. A self–structured questionnaire was developed which consisted of 30 questions which emphasizes on the preventive measures against TORCH infections.

Results: The findings shows that among the 60 antenatal mothers majority of them 55% had adequate and 45% of them had moderate knowledge regarding the prevention of TORCH infections. This showed that the planned teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of antenatal women on prevention of TORCH infection. The chi-squire value of the post-test level of knowledge of antenatal women were significant at p<0.05 level. It showed that there was significant association between age, occupation, and birth order with the level of knowledge of antenatal women regarding prevention of TORCH infection. Hence hypothesis H₂ is accepted.

Interpretation and Conclusion: This study shows that planned teaching program enhanced the knowledge level of antenatal mothers regarding the prevention of TORCH infections. There is a significant association between their demographic variable like age, occupation and birth order with their pretest knowledge score.