A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Alcoholism and Its Hazards among the Adolescent Boys in Selected Senior Secondary Schools, Kota, Rajasthan

Research hypothesis: H1-The mean post test knowledge score of adolescent boys regarding alcoholism and its hazards will be significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores. H2-There is a significance association between post Test level of knowledge with selected socio- demographic variables. Methods: An evaluative study was conducted using pre experimental one group pre test ? post test research design, non probability convenient sampling technique was used to select 60 adolescents boys study at selected Govt. senior secondary schools, Kota (Raj.). Data was collected using structured knowledge questionnaires during the month July & August 2017. Results: The result reveals that the overall score was 55.0% of adolescent boys had poor knowledge, 31.7% adolescent boys had average knowledge and only 13.37% adolescent boys had good knowledge in the pre test and after structured teaching programme, 41.7% of adolescent boys had good knowledge and 25.0% of adolescent boys had average adequate knowledge regarding alcoholism and its hazards. Paired ?t? test showed that there was a significant improvement between pre test and post test scores with ?t? value of 14.996, which is more than tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance. Interpretation and conclusion: The study finding reveals that structured teaching programme on alcoholism and its hazards is effective in improving knowledge of adolescents boys.