Awareness of health hazards, attitude and practice regarding use of cosmetics among youth

Mrs. Sheena N L; Mrs. Beena. N; Dr. Sreedevi T R

Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

Awareness of health hazards, attitude and practice regarding use of cosmetics among youth

Mrs. Sheena N L, Mrs. Beena. N, Dr. Sreedevi T R

Abstract :

Cosmetics are products that are created to application on the body for the purpose of cleansing, beautifying or altering appearance and enhancing attractive factors.The present study was conducted to assess the awareness of health hazards, attitude and practice regarding use of cosmetics among youth. A quantitative non experimental descriptive research design was used and the participants were selected by multistage cluster sampling. The study was conducted among 500 youths from selected colleges inKottayam district. The framework, Rosenstoch�s health belief model theoretically supported the study. The tools used for collecting data were socio personal data sheet, structured questionnaire to assess the awareness, rating scale to assess the attitude and checklist to assess the practice regarding use of cosmetics. Data collected were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that 83.2% of youth have average awareness and 14.8% have poor awareness regarding health hazards of cosmetics. 93% of youth shows unfavourable attitude, even though 77.8% of males and 80.6% of females practice cosmetics occasionally. There is no significant correlation between awareness and attitude and no significant association of awareness, attitude and practice of youth with selected variables.