• Yogyata Kandwal
• Dr. Kanchan bala
• Mrs. Shobha Masih

Introduction: Health promotion is a vital component for women's health and well-being, but more importantly, especially in pregnancy. Maternal and fetal health are vital for the welfare of next generations; it can help in predicting the upcoming challenges for the country and denotes the overall health status of a country. The goals of prenatal care for women with uncomplicated pregnancy are to provide adequate guidance, education, reassurance and support to identify and manage minor pregnancy problems and to provide effective screening during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a great time to start making lifestyle modifications and encourage a healthier life. Antenatal health promotion intervention is needed at an early stage of pregnancy to reduce mother and foetal mortality attributable to preventable causes. Title of the study: A study to assess the effectiveness of antenatal health promotion intervention in terms of knowledge among pregnant women in community health center, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Material and methods: Quasi-experimental Research approach with one group pre-test post-test design was used for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 80 pregnant women fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Pre-test was obtained using socio-demographic tool and self-structured knowledge questionnaire followed by the antenatal health promotion intervention given to the pregnant women. The post-test was obtained on 7th day after intervention was given. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for data analysis. Results: In the pre-test knowledge score 18% pregnant women had good knowledge, 61.25% had average knowledge and 20% had poor knowledge regarding antenatal health promotion. At post-test level 21.25% had good knowledge, 66.25% had average knowledge and 12.50% had poor knowledge regrading antenatal health promotion. The post-test knowledge mean was significantly maximum than the pre-test knowledge as tcal value=9.748 was higher than ttab value=1.664. Conclusion: According to the study's findings, there was a significant rise in pregnant women's post-test level of knowledge scores regarding antenatal health promotion. The Antenatal Health Promotion Intervention was helpful in enhancing pregnant women's knowledge regarding antenatal health promotion.

Knowledge, Antenatal Health Promotion Intervention

"A study to assess the effectiveness of antenatal health promotion intervention in terms of knowledge among pregnant women in community health center, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no.e428-e435, October-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110467.pdf

"A study to assess the effectiveness of antenatal health promotion intervention in terms of knowledge among pregnant women in community health center, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 10, page no. ppe428-e435, October-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110467.pdf