Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching Programme on knowledge of mothers regarding importance of coconut oil for massage among infants in kumaraswamylayout Primary health center, Bangalore.

Methodology: The design Adopted is Quasi experimental, (one group pre-test post-test design) the samples were chosen by non- probability purposive sampling technique, consist 60 mothers of infant at Kumaraswamy layout Primary health center, Bangalore, and a structured knowledge questionnaire was given to assess the knowledge of mothers of infant regarding importance of coconut oil for massage for infants. Which followed by a structured teaching program on importance of coconut oil for massage and administered the same questionnaire to assess the post test.

Results: The overall mean post-test knowledge score regarding importance of coconut oil for massage among infants 33.75+2.29(97.29%) was significantly higher than overall mean pre-test knowledge scores regarding importance of coconut oil for massage among infants 9.97+_5.23 (25.58%) and the obtained overall ‘t’ value was 69.91 which is higher than table value. There was no significant association found between the pre-test knowledge scores with the demographic variables of mothers of infant.