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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition characterized by elevated androgen levels, menstrual irregularities, and/or small cysts on one or both ovaries. The investigator found adolescent girls have lack of knowledge regarding PCOS and its prevention at the primary level as they are neglecting taking care of the disease. Hence, the researcher is interested to educate the adolescent girls regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and its prevention and management of PCOS through VAT. The objective of the study were To assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention and management of PCOS among adolescent girls., To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme regarding prevention and management of PCOS among adolescent girls. And To find out the association between the knowledge score with their selected demographic variables. A quasi- experimental one group pre test and post test design was used to conduct the study among 60 adolescence girls who were selected by random sampling technique for the study. The data was collected through structured knowledge questioninior to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention and management of PCOS among adolescence girls. The study was conducted in Suriyawan Bhadohi . The data collected and analyzed based on descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study showed that the mean knowledge score mean pretest and posttest knowledge level on polycystic ovarian syndrome. The post test mean score (19.6) was high when compared to the pretest mean (7.1) score of knowledge. The obtained t value (23.02) was greater than table value at 0.05 level of significance, which shows that there is significant difference between pretest and posttest level of knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome among adolescent girls. Hence, the formulated research hypothesis H1 was accepted. The association between demographic variables and knowledge score was analyzed by using chi-square test. The test revealed that there was a no significant association of knowledge with selected demographic variables such as Age, Educational status , Age at menarche ,Religion food habit , Area of residency, Consumption of junk food, Menstrual cycle , Family history ,Previous information and source of information.