A study to assess the effectiveness of planned health teaching on knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism among adolescents from selected schools.

Mrs Dipali U Dumbre

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

A study to assess the effectiveness of planned health teaching on knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism among adolescents from selected schools.

Mrs Dipali U Dumbre

Abstract :

Alcohol abuse is a major health problem in India and world at large. For the past 30 to 40 years alcohol consumption has increased tremendously. The problem of alcoholism until a few decades was considered a moral problem and a sign of social irresponsibility¹. Approximately 65% of Americans of age 18 and older consume alcohol and approximately 5.2% are alcohol dependent 8% are problem drinkers, and 9.4% are at risk drinkers. Alcohol abuse contributes to illness in each of the top three causes of death in the United States, the life expectancy of a person with alcoholism is reduced by 26 years². Nationally 12.8% of all drivers involved in fatal accidents during 2001 are known to have been intoxicated according to the blood alcohol concentration (BAC laws) of their state. This number is based on a systematic examination of the official records of each and every accident involving a fatality during that year in the US. The higher number about 40% commonly reported in the press refers to accidents defined as alcohol related as estimated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.³Finding of the study were In pretest, 66.7% of the adolescents had average knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism, 15% of them had poor knowledge and 18.3% of them had good knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism. In posttest, 60% of them had good knowledge and 40% of them had average knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism. This shows that there is remarkable improvement in the knowledge of adolescents regarding ill effects of alcoholism after planned health teaching.