A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF THE AWARENESS ON NEGATIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AMONG THE PARENTS OF TEENAGERS ATTENDING PEDIATRIC OPD IN SELECTED TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

Abhishek.R; Keerthi.G; Deepika.E; Manjula.T.R.

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF THE AWARENESS ON NEGATIVE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AMONG THE PARENTS OF TEENAGERS ATTENDING PEDIATRIC OPD IN SELECTED TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

Abhishek. R, Keerthi. G, Deepika. E, Manjula. T. R.

Abstract :

A descriptive study to assess the level of the awareness on negative impact of social networking sites among the parents of teenagers attending Pediatric OPD in selected tertiary care hospital, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu. The objectives were to assess the level of awareness on negative impact of social networking sites among the parents of teenagers and to find out the association between the level of awareness on social networking sites and selected personal information data of the parents of teenagers. The sampling technique was non probability, purposive sampling technique with 75 samples of parents of teenagers and questionnaires were formulated. Self–structured interview schedule were used to assess the level of awareness. Hypothesis were formulated as there will be no significant association between the level of awareness on negative impact of social networking sites and selected personal information data of parents of teenagers. The investigator used Personal information sheet and self–structured interview schedule to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The study shows that 83% of the parents of teenagers were having high level of awareness and 17% of the parents of teenagers were having moderate the level of awareness on negative impact of social networking sites