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Anaemia is a global public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries with major consequences on human health as well as social and economic development. Despite anaemia having been identified as a global public health problem for several years, no rapid progress has been observed, and the prevalence of the disease is still high globally. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on prevention of anaemia among antenatal women; to find out the association between pre test knowledge score of antenatal women on prevention of anaemia with their selected demographic variables like Age, Educational status, Occupation, Type of family, Monthly income. Methodology: Pre experimental one group pre test post test design was adopted for fifty antenatal mothers who were selected by convenience sampling technique at Maternity Hospital SKIMS, Soura Srinagar Kashmir to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on prevention of anaemia. Structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Results: The present study revealed that antenatal women had inadequate knowledge regarding prevention of anaemia and after structured teaching programme, their knowledge improved. The study also revealed that there was significant association between pre test knowledge of antenatal women on prevention of anaemia and their selected demographic variables i.e., Age, Educational status, Type of Family and Monthly income whereas no significant association was found between pre test knowledge of antenatal women on prevention of anaemia and their occupation. Conclusion: The present study revealed that antenatal women had inadequate knowledge regarding prevention of anaemia and after implementing structured teaching programme, their knowledge improved significantly. So, awareness should be created through appropriate nutritional counselling during antenatal visits and through media.