A Study To Assess The Effectiveness Of Planned Health Teaching On Knowledge Regarding Ill Effects Of Alcoholism Among Adolescents From Selected Schools.

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 ofcial 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 dened as alcohol related as estimated by the National Highway Trafc Safety Administration.3 Finding 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. OBJECTIVES OFTHE STUDY Ÿ To assess the knowledge of adolescents regarding ill effects of alcoholism. Ÿ To identify the effectiveness of planned health teaching on knowledge regarding ill effects of alcoholism. Ÿ To correlate between the knowledge with selected demographic variables.