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Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood, a time of profound physical and sexual maturity, develop more sophisticated reasoning abilities, make educational and occupational decisions that will shape their adult careers. These changes of adolescence have important implications for understanding the kinds of health risks to which young people are exposed, the health enhancing and risk taking behaviors in which they engage and the major opportunities for health promotion among this population. In order to combat with the risks, prevention is the best choice. The research design used for the study was true experimental design. It was carried out with 60 samples who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 30 in experimental group and 30 in control group. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select the samples. The analysis revealed that the paired 't' test value of knowledge and attitude among adolescent girls was 8.27 and 10.78 which showed very highly significant at p<0.001. The unpaired 't' test value of knowledge and attitude among adolescent girls was 6.27 and 7.81 which showed very highly significant at p<0.001. The 'r' value of knowledge and attitude among adolescent girls between experimental and control group was 0.43 and 0.19. The analysis revealed that there was an increase in the posttest level of knowledge and attitude regarding prevention of teenage pregnancy among adolescent girls in experimental group when compared to control group. Thus it indicates the effectiveness of preventive education program on knowledge and attitude regarding prevention of teenage pregnancy among adolescent girls.