• Mrs. Sumi.R
• Roshni Soni
• Riya Sarkar
• Ruchi Chauhan
• Ruby Shukla,Sandeep Kumar pal.

Introduction: Urinary tract infection is very common among females in all age groups. During adolescence, hormonal changes favour vaginal colonization by nephritogenic strains of bacteria, which can migrate to the periurethral area and cause urinary tract infection. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge on prevention of urinary tract infection among 1st year BSC nursing students. Design: Descriptive cross sectional survey design was chosen to assess the knowledge. Sample size was 60 students and Non-probability Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. Tool was valid and reliable questionnaire on prevention of urinary tract infection. which had been designed by the researcher. Results: shows that among Students 2(3%) had excellent knowledge and 4(7%) had very good knowledge and 12(20%) good knowledge 42(70%) students. And no students have poor knowledge about prevention of urinary tract infection. The main conclusion drawn from the present study was that most of the adolescent girls had inadequate level of knowledge regarding prevention of urinary tract infection. Thus, it was concluded that, Information Education and Communication on prevention of urinary tract infection among adolescent girls may improve the level of knowledge. So the information booklet was distributed to students.

Urinary Tract Infection, Prevention, Adolescent girls.

"A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.o491-o494, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305F65.pdf

"A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON PREVENTION OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppo491-o494, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305F65.pdf