Dayana Angel, N (2012) A study to assess the knowledge and practice of substance abuse among adolescents in a selected higher secondary school, Madurai. Masters thesis, C.S.I. Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing, Madurai.
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Abstract
A descriptive study to assess the knowledge and practice of substance abuse among adolescents in a selected higher secondary school at Madurai – 2011 was undertaken by N. Dayana Angel in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing at C.S.I Jeyaraj Annapackiam College of Nursing, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai during the year 2010 – 2012. The Objectives of the study were 1. To assess the level of knowledge and practice of adolescents on substance abuse. 2. To identify the relationship between the level of knowledge and the practice on substance abuse among adolescents. 3. To associate the level of knowledge and practice of adolescents on substance abuse with the selected demographic variables. A review was done on substance abuse, its hazards, and its influence on adolescent health. The conceptual frame work for this study was based on Nola. J. Penders Health Promotion Model. The research design selected for this study is descriptive in nature. The study was done in a selected school at Madurai. The level of knowledge and practice of substance abuse on the school going adolescents of 14 – 17 years of age was studied among 150 adolescents. A self administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of substance abuse and a self expressed practice tool was used to assess the existing practice of the adolescents on substance abuse. A health education programme was conducted on the hazards of substance abuse & the participants were given a self – instructional module. The tool was validated for content and the reliability score was r = 0.82. The data collected was analyzed, using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that majority of the adolescents 76(50.7%) had inadequate knowledge and 74(49.3%) had moderately adequate knowledge with the mean value of 14.8 ( SD 3.87). Majority of the adolescents 47(31.3%) had moderate risk regarding practice of substance abuse with the low mean value of 5.7 ( SD 7.2). The Karl Pearson correlation of the knowledge to practice on substance abuse was found to be r = 0. At a Chi- square value of 8.13, 15.79 & 12.9, revealed that there was a significant association between the knowledge of substance abuse with selected demographic variables like age, father’s education and type of family. At a Chi square value of 19.4 and 6.6, revealed that there was a significant association between the practice of substance abuse with selected demographic variables like age and type of family. The study concludes that adolescents are not having adequate knowledge on substance abuse whereas the practice was found to be high among them.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Knowledge; Practice; Substance Abuse; Adolescents; Madurai |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2017 06:25 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2017 06:25 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4248 |
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