Introduction: Umbilical cord stem cell banking is still an emerging concept in India and lot of people are unaware about this concept. This important scientific breakthrough has the potential to revolutionize the practice of medicine and can in turn improve the quality of life. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of information booklet on the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. Materials and Methods: Quasi Experimental Research Design was used.60 antenatal mothers, who met the inclusion criteria, were recruited by non probability purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using a semi- structured questionnaire and was analyzed by using inferential and descriptive statistics. Information booklet based on umbilical cord stem cell banking was given. Post assessment was carried after two weeks. Results:. Findings revealed that, in pretest, most of the antenatal mothers (75%) had average knowledge and (13%) had poor knowledge respectively. Whereas, 70% had neutral attitude regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. After the intervention, 50% of the antenatal mothers had average knowledge and 50% of them had good knowledge. Majority of antenatal mothers (65%) had good attitude and 35% had neutral attitude towards umbilical cord stem cell banking. Paired ttest was done for assessing the effectiveness of information booklet on the knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers. Average knowledge and attitude score increased after the post test and therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected. Information booklet was proved to be significantly effective in improving the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding umbilical cord stem cell banking. Association of knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers with selected demographic variables was assessed using Fishers Exact test. None of the demographic variable was found to have significant association with knowledge and attitude of antenatal mothers.
