International Clinical and Medical Case Reports Journal (ISSN: 2832-5788) | Volume 2, Issue 15 | Research Article | Open Access
Seema Yadav*
College of Nursing, Sarojini Naidu Medical College, AGRA, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Correspondence to: Seema Yadav
Fulltext PDFA descriptive study was undertaken to assess knowledge level among adolescents regarding impact of tobacco consumption at Z.P.H School, Hyderabad,
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE: To assess the knowledge regarding impact of tobacco consumption among adolescents. To find out the association between the level of knowledge of adolescents on tobacco consumption with selected demographic variables. An extensive review and study of selected literature was done to develop structured knowledge questionnaire for assessing the knowledge and response of the adolescents regarding impact of tobacco consumption. The study was limited to the adolescents between the age of 12 -17 years who were studying at Z.P.H School, Hyderabad. The purposive sampling .was used to collect the data. The sample size of 100 adolescents was selected for data collection. A structured knowledge questionnaire was developed to collect the data. Pilot study was conducted on ten samples at Z.P.H. School 9ff B division, Hyderabad to test the feasibility of the tool. Thus, the result revealed that the tool was feasible and appropriate for the study. Final data collection at Z.P..H. School, Hyderabad. from 100 samples, using structured questionnaire. The analysis and interpretation was done with the help of descriptive statistics using frequencies and percentages. Major Findings of the Study The study revealed that most adolescents 64% belong to 15 to 17 years. The findings of the present study revealed that 54% adolescents got average knowledge, 40% adolescents got below average, and 6% adolescents got above average knowledge regarding impact of tobacco consumption.
CONCLUSION: The study findings revealed that most of the adolescents studying at Z.P.H School had average knowledge regarding impact of tobacco consumption.
Assess impact tobacco consumption; Improve the knowledge regarding prevention of tobacco consumption; Adolescence age; Peer pressure acceptance in group; Modern trend
Seema Yadav. A Study to Assess the Knowledge on Impact of Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents at Z.P.H School, Hyderabad, TS. Int Clinc Med Case Rep Jour. 2023;2(15):1-23.