Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE
AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED SCHOOL, BANGALORE
Author
Dr. Tejeshwari B.V
Email
tejeshwinirajesh@gmail.com
keyword
Effectiveness, Knowledge, STP and substance abuse
Abstract
Substance abuse is a growing problem throughout the world and unfortunately that is more common among
young children and adolescents, where they are about to being their career but get involved in these problems due to various
reasons. Substance abuse refers to use of drugs, alcohol and any other mind -altering agent to such an extent that it
interferes with the person's biological, psychological or social integrity. Objectives: - 1. To assess the level of pre-test
knowledge regarding substance abuse among students in selected school Bangalore, Karnataka. 2. To assess the level of
post-test knowledge regarding substance abuse among students in selected school Bangalore, Karnataka.3. To evaluate the
effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding substance abuse among students in selected school Bangalore,
Karnataka. 4. To find out association between post-test knowledge score regarding substance abuse with selected
demographic variables. Design: - Evaluative research approach was used for the study. Sixty students were recruited by
non-probability purposive sampling method. Necessary administrative permission was obtained from concerned authority.
Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. Then the investigator collected the data pertaining to the
demographic variables by using structured interview schedule. Ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional ethical
committee. Content validity of the tool was established by split of method. The obtained score was 0.90 & it was found to
reliable. Pre-testing of the tools was done. Setting: - The study was conducted in selected primary schools, Bangalore,
Karnataka.Result: - The findings of the study was revealed that the mean score of knowledge substance abuse was 16.8 in
pre-test and 22.6 in post-test out of maximum score of 20, which proved that structured teaching programme was effective
in increasing the knowledge level of students regarding substance abuse. The paired‘t’ test found be statistically
significance at 0.05 levels. Conclusion: - The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching
programme on knowledge of students regarding substance abuse and it was found that the structured teaching programme
was effective in improving the knowledge of students
