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Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever are acute febrile diseases caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito. This disease is otherwise known as break bone or dandy fever. The name break bone fever was given because of the contortions caused due to the intense joint and muscle pain. In this study, Quantitative approach was adopted to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding causes and prevention of dengue fever among High School students in a selected School at Mavelikara taluk, Kerala. The level of significance for testing the hypothesis was 0.05. Findings of the study showed that the pretest knowledge score (8.5) of high school students prior to the structured teaching programme was not satisfactory. The structured teaching programme helped them to learn more about the causes and prevention of dengue fever. The mean post-test knowledge score (25.55) showed significant increase in the knowledge of high school students. There was significant association between the Pretest knowledge scores with the selected Sociodemographic variables. Hence, it could be concluded that Structured Teaching Programme was an effective strategy for providing information and in improving the knowledge of the respondents.