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ABSTRACT India has the third highest number of persons living with HIV in the world. We evaluated the effectiveness of a structured teaching program on HIV-related knowledge and attitudes among 600 young women, aged 20–40 years, in India. This study employed a quasi-experimental pre–post design. Significant differences were found in the level of the participants’ knowledge of (t = 78.89, p < .05) and attitudes toward (t = 64.14, p < .05) HIV after the intervention. Our findings suggest that the structured teaching program could be utilized in increasing young women’s knowledge of, and improving their attitudes about, HIV.