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Abstract: Aim: The study aims to find the effectiveness of Health education on prevention of behavioral problems in children among parents residing at selected urban region. Problem statement: Effect of Health education on prevention of behavioral problems in children among parents residing at selected urban region of Maharashtra. Primary objective: the primary objective of study was to find out the effectiveness of health education on prevention of behavioral problems in children among parents residing at selected urban region of Maharashtra. Secondary objective: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of behavioral problem among parents in control and experimental group before intervention. 2. To find out the effect of health education between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores on prevention of behavior problem in children among parents in control and experimental group. 3. To find out the effect of health education between post-test knowledge score on prevention of behavioral problem in children among parents in control and experimental group. 4. To find out the association between post-test knowledge score on prevention of behavioral problem in children and selected demographic variable of parents in experimental group. Method: Quasi- experimental non-equivalent control group design use for the study. It was conducted over 110 parents by using convenient sampling technique. Result: In this study the findings, it was observed that the pre-intervention demographic variable of parents was more or less similar characteristics It was Observed that the percentage of knowledge (control group; 52.3% & experimental group; 50.4%) on prevention of behavioral problems in children among parents was more or less similar before intervention. However, after an intervention, the percentage of knowwledge on prevention of behavioral problems in children was significanty incresed from 53.7% to 83.9% in experimental group where as it was almost remained unchanged in control group. These was a significant deference (p0.05) was found between knowledge on prevention of behavioral problems in children age,gender, no of children, educational status, occupation, income, type of diet. Finding of study reveled that the Health education on prevention of behavioral problems in childrenas a method of teaching was ffective among parents residing at selected urban region of Maharashtra. Interpretation and conclusion: The finding of the study, it was concluded that the pre-intervention demogrphic varibles of parents residing at selected urban region in control group and experimental groupwere more or less simillar reveling both the groups had similar characteristics. However after intervention ,the percentage of knowledge and the mean score of parents were significantly incresedin experimental group wereas it was remained unchanged in control group. There was a significat defference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores in experimental group. And there was also a significant difference between the post-tests of control and erperimental group. Thus it was concluded thet the health education on prevention of behavioral problems in childrenas a method of teaching was effective among parents residing at selected urban region of Maharashtra.