Volume : II, Issue : XII, December - 2013
The Effect of Counseling on the Reduction of Risk Behavior of Adolescents
Vijayanpillai. H
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The aim of the study was to find out the effect of counseling on the reduction of risk habits of adolescents.43 participants all male aged from14 years to 19 years of age were selected for the study. The data was collected by conducting 4 kind of Test, 1 practice of risk habit before counseling, 2 knowledge Test regarding the risk behaviors, 3 knowledge test regarding the risk behaviors after the counseling sessions. 4 practice of risk habits after the counseling. The following education programs were offered. 9 sessions of awareness classes for the group and there by 1 hour of individual counseling to each participant have been
conducted within two months of period under the following modalities such as clay models, posters of male and female anatomy of reproductive organs, pictures and photos regarding sexually transmitted diseases developed by AIDS control society, awesome pictures of mouth and lung cancers, photos of fatally injured of men and women met with accidents, pictures of liver damaged by excess of alcohol consumption etc. Simple percentage difference was calculated and paired sample statistics of pre-post knowledge change was also calculated. It indicated that there was a significant reduction in the risk behaviors of the participants found after the counseling sessions.
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Vijayanpillai.H The Effect of Counseling on the Reduction of Risk Behavior of Adolescents International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.XII December 2013
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