A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Substance Abuse among Students of Selected PU College of Ankola

Background of the study: Substance abuse is one of the common social problem in all over the world. It is also a serious threat to the health of children and adolescents. The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding substance abuse among the adolescents at selected PU College, Ankola. Objectives of the study are to: 1)To assess the knowledge regarding substance abuse among adolescents. 2) To find out the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding substance abuse among adolescents. 3) To find out the effectiveness of structured teaching program on attitude regarding substance abuse among adolescents. 4) To find out association between the pre-test knowledge scores regarding substance abuse among adolescents with selected demographic variables. 5) To find out association between the pre-test attitude scores regarding substance abuse among adolescents with selected demographic variables. Methodology: Research approach: Descriptive approach. Research design: Pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design. Research setting: Poorna Prajna PU College, Ankola. Population: PU students of Poorna Prajna PU College, Ankola. Sample size: 60 PU students. Sampling technique: Randomization sampling Tool: Structured knowledge questionnaire and attitude rating scale. Results : The Chi-square test established at 0.05 level of significance denotes that there is no association between knowledge and attitude scores with selected demographic variables like gender, religion, area of residence and type of family. The calculated value for each demographic variables was lesser than table value. Conclusion: The study revealed the knowledge and attitude regarding substance abuse among the PU students got increased after the implementation of structured teaching program.