Abstract: Alcohol use by adolescents is widespread and is connected to a number of negative health and social outcomes. Adolescents receiving emergent care for injuries are often linked with risky use of alcohol. Early initiation of alcohol abuse is often associated with poor prognosis and a lifelong pattern of irresponsible behavior. So a study was taken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on alcoholism and its prevention among adolescents. Quasi experimental study with one group pre-test post-test design was used for this study. Sample size was 50 and convenient sampling technique was used in this study. The results depicts that before the intervention, 64% (n=32) had not adequate knowledge, 32 %(n=16) had moderately adequate knowledge and only 4% (n=2) had adequate knowledge regarding the alcoholism and its prevention. After structured teaching program, 56% (n=78) had adequate knowledge, 40% (n=20) had moderately adequate and 4% (n= 2) had good knowledge. It was concluded that structured teaching programme was effective in increasing knowledge of adolescents regarding alcoholism and its prevention.
Keywords: Alcoholism and its prevention, quasi experimental research design, adolescents.
Title: Educating the Adolescents about Alcoholism and Its Prevention
Author: Mrs. S. Suvitha, Mr. Prakash, Mrs. Lalitha
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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