A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTIVNES OF STUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAME REGARDING DRUG ADDICTION IN SELECTED PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES AT KARAD CITY

Mr. Dipak Dinkar Patil; Mrs. Nutan Potdar; Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath; Mr. Ajit Anandrao Pawar

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EFFECTIVNES OF STUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAME REGARDING DRUG ADDICTION IN SELECTED PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES AT KARAD CITY

Mr. Dipak Dinkar Patil, Mrs. Nutan Potdar, Mr. Prabhuswami Hiremath, Mr. Ajit Anandrao Pawar

Abstract :

Drug addiction among adolescents has become a global challenge and also an important public health concern and for the past two decades there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for interventions to address the substance abuse problem. 2 Objectives of my studies was to assess pretest and posttest knowledge about drug addiction in professional college and compare pretest and posttest knowledge.Methods:The data was generated by using the structured questionnaire. Purposive nonprobabilitysampling techniques were adopted to select 60 subjects. The data wasobtained from the study subjects were analyzed and interpreted in terms of the objectivesand hypothesis of the study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the data analysis and the level set at 0.05.Results: The 62% respondent of professional students was male, 25% of professional students were Hindus, 35% of have joint families, 26.67% are self-employed. Majority of professional students� parents i.e,25% monthly income is less than Rs.10, 000/. The pre-test depicts majority of professional students 43(71.67%) had inadequate level of knowledge about drug addiction Only 17(28.33%) of professional students had moderate level of knowledge. The post-test depicts that, majority of professional students 38(63.33%) had adequate level of knowledge about drug addiction whereas 22(36.67%) of professional students had moderate level of knowledge and none of professional students had inadequate knowledge.