<![CDATA[Background: Premarital screening is a test done for younger adults and couples considering marriage forprevention of genetic, infectious and blood transmitted diseases. Adolescent and college young adults must beeducated about potentially life-threatening infectious and genetic disorders for the promotion of their health,well-being as well their offspring too. For providing accurate and unbiased education and information, theIEC is considered to be an effective intervention strategy. Materials and Methods: The study was done toassess the effect of IEC on knowledge and attitude regarding premarital HIV and Haemoglobin genotypetesting among adolescents in a selected Pre-University Colleges, Bengaluru. An evaluative approach withquasi experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used. A study sample comprised of 60adolescents in experimental group and 60 adolescents in control group. The sample was selected usinglottery method of the simple random sampling technique. The Structured knowledge questionnaire and Threepoint Likert scale was used to assess the knowledge and attitude level of adolescents respectively. Results:Study results revealed that the experimental group which received IEC showed significant difference in theimprovement of knowledge (p < 0.001) and the attitude score (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Based on the studyfindings, it can be concluded that IEC is a best strategy to spread awareness through proper use of materialsto young people to achieve a desired positive outcomes in terms of improving knowledge and positiveattitude on prevention of life threatening infectious diseases and genetic disorders.]]>
