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An experimental study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Helfer skin tap technique on the level of pain during intramuscular injection among infants in a selected Hospital of Delhi. The objectives of the study were: - To assess the level of pain experienced by infants during IM injection receiving routine technique, to assess the level of pain experienced by infants during IM injection with Helfer Skin Tap technique. To compare the level of pain experienced by infants during IM injection in experimental and control group, to find out the association between the level of pain experienced by children during IM Injection in experimental and control group with the selected demographic variables. After obtaining the ethical clearance and formal administrative permission, data collection was done at under - five clinic of Holy family Hospital, New Delhi. A total of sixty sample were randomly assigned into 2 groups (30 m experimental group and 30 in control group) through probability sampling technique (simple random sampling) using a chit method Structured interview schedule was used to collect the demographic characteristics and clinical health data of the sample For the administration of intramuscular injection, Helfer skin tap technique was used for the experimental group and routine technique was used for the control group. Immediately after the administration, the post- test pain score was obtained using FLACC pain scale. Findings revealed that the mean post- test pam score and standard deviation of the experimental group was 2.6+1.26 whereas of the control group was 4.2+1.64. The calculated "t" test value 34.88 was found significant a p< 0 05. Significant association was found between the level of pain experienced by infants during intramuscular injection with Helfer skin tap technique and selected variables such as gender and name of vaccine, but there was no association found with other selected variables such as age, weight of infants, informant. The study results showed that Helfer skin tap technique was effective m reducing the level of pain during intramuscular injection and can be implemented as a useful measure to reduce the pain related to intramuscular injections