Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding alcohol use and its harmful effects among high school children at Municipal Corporation School in Tirupati.

R. Snehalatha, Dr. M. Bhagyalakshmi, Dr. S. Hemalatha

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Aim : “To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding alcohol use and its harmful effects among high school children at  Municipal Corporation  School  in  Tirupati .”

Materiasl and methods :  A quasi–experimental research with one group pre test post test design was used and the study was conducted in Municipal corporation School in Tirupati,AndhraPradesh.The population consists of high school children.The sample size was 60 high school children,who fulfilled the inclusion criteria.The tool used for data collection was structured questionnaire.

Results:The study findings  revealed that among 60 high school children 15( 25%) had inadequate knowledge, 24(40%) had moderate knowledge and 21(35%) had adequate knowledge in pre test After administration of structured teaching  programme, the post test findings revealed that 8(13.3%) had  inadequate  knowledge 28 (46.7%) had  moderate  knowledge and  24 ( 40%)  had  adequate   knowledge. That the pre test  mean value  and standard deviation scores was  15.40 +2.499 and  the  post  test mean value and standard  deviation  was   24.08 + 2.499 and the calculated t–value was  15.846 . Which  was  statistically  significant  at  p = 0.01.The  above results revealed  that there was a significant difference between pre– test  and  post test  scores  among  scores among  high school  children  after structured  teaching programme .

Conclusion:The high school children had gained knowledge on Alcohol use and its harmful effects after the structured teaching programme in the post test assessment.

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A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding alcohol use and its harmful effects among high school children at Municipal Corporation School in Tirupati. , R.Snehalatha, Dr.M. Bhagyalakshmi, Dr.S.Hemalatha , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7|Issue-12| December-2018

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