“A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DRUG ABUSE AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS OF GOKAK TALUK WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET”.
Main Article Content
Keywords
Knowledge, drug abuse, impact on health, Adolescents, high school students.
Abstract
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Adolescence is the most important and labile phase of human life cycle. Approximately 18-20% of Indian population constitute of age group between 10-20 years. These future citizens are at great risk for early initiation to drugs and other psyphoactive substances. Nurses have an important role in assessing their knowledge regarding drug abuse in Schools, and also in community area regarding drug abuse.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
“A comparative study to assess the knowledge regarding drug abuse and its impact on health between urban and rural adolescents in selected high schools of Gokak taluk with a view to develop an information booklet”.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.
- To assess the knowledge of urban and rural adolescents regarding drug abuse and its impact on health.
- To compare the level of knowledge between urban and rural adolescents regarding drug abuse and its impact on health.
- To find out the association between knowledge scoresof adolescents regarding drug abuse and its impact on health with the selected socio-demographic variables.
- To develop and distribute information booklet regarding drug abuse and its impact on health.
METHODOLOGY: A Descriptive comparative study was conducted among 100 (50 urban and 50 rural) adolescent students of selected High schools of Gokak taluk. Sample was selected using Non- probability; purposive sampling technique. Descriptive comparative research design was used for the study. Data was collected
by structured knowledge questionnaire. Data Analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics.
RESULTS: Overall result of the study revealed that, majority of the subjects 72 (72%) had poor knowledge, 28 (28%) subjects had average knowledge and 0 (0%) subjects had good level of knowledge regarding drug abuse and its impact on their health. And urban adolescents had 49.93% of total knowledge, 51.56% of knowledge regarding drug abuse and 47.50% of knowledge regarding knowledge about hazards, treatment of drug abuse. Whereas rural adolescents had 44.66% of total knowledge, 48.67% of knowledge regarding drug abuse and 38.67% of knowledge regarding knowledge about hazards, treatment of drug abuse. The p-value is 0.0004(p<0.05) hence, comparatively Urban adolescents had better knowledge than their Rural counterparts in all areas of knowledge regarding drug abuse and its impact on their health.
CONCLUSION: The study concluded that, knowledge of adolescent students regarding drug abuse and its impact on health was just satisfactory, consequently formal training for adolescent students about drug abuse and its impact on health is recommended.
KEY WORDS: Knowledge, drug abuse, impact on health, Adolescents, high school students.
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6.Smart RG, Blair NL. Drug use and drug problems among teenagers in a household sample. [Cited 2017 Jan 19]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7353475.
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24.Monnat SM, Rigg KK. Examining Rural/Urban Differences in prescription opioid misuse among US adolescents. J Rural Health [internet] 2015 Sep 15 (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4779738/.
25.Ahmad A, Khalique N, Khan Z. Analysis of substance abuse in Male adolescents. Iran j Pediatr; 2009; 19(04): 399-403.
26.Winters KC, Leitten W, Wagner E, O'Leary Tevyaw T. Use of brief interventions for drug abusing teenagers within a middle and high school setting. J Sch Health [internet]. 2007 Apr [cited 2018 Jun 3]; 77(4):196-206.Available from: URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17425522.
27.Pagare D. et al. The magnitude of and socio-demographic factors related to substance use among street children in Delhi. I J Pediatr. [internet] 2004. (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15064508/
28.Ngozi ME, Helen AN, Ofuebe JI. Alcohol consumption and awareness of its effects on health among secondary school students in Nigeria. [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728797/
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30.Dunn KE, Barrett FS, Bigelow GE. Opioid overdose experience, risk behavoirs and knowledge in drug users from rural versus urban setting. J Sub Abuse Treat [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034762/.
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34.Gupta S. Sarpal SS, Kumar D, Kaur T, Arora S. Prevalence, Pattern and familial effects of substance use among the male college students of Chandigarh. J Clin Diagn Res. 2013 Aug; 7(8): 1632-6.
35.Yang MS, Yang MJ, Liu YH, Ko YC. Prevalence and related risk factors of licit and illicit substances use by adolescent students in southern Taiwan. Public Health. 1998 Sep; 112(5): 347-52.
36.Mariappan U. A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on addiction among adolescents in selected schools of Salem District, Tamil Nadu. [Internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10755/335373.
37.Dhawan A, Pattanayak RD, Chopra A, Tikoo VK, Kumar R. Injection drug use among children and adolescents in India: Ringing the alarm bells. I J Psychiatry. 2016 Oct-Dec; 58(4): 387-93. [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270263/.
38.ChengY, Sherman S, Celentano D. Risk factors associated with injection initiation among drug users in Northern Thailand. [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1450277/.
39.Reddy AP, Kumar DP, Raju AB. A study on prevalence and pattern of substance abuse among street children and adolescents in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. 2014 Jul-Sep; 4(3): 1-14
40.Armstrong G, Nuken A, Kermode M. Injecting drug use in Manipur and Nagaland, Northeast India: Injecting and sexual risk behaviors across age groups. 2014;11:27 [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4210540/.
41.Daniel LT, Krishnan G, Gupta S. A study to assess the prevalence and pattern of substance use among male adolescents in suburban area of Delhi. I J Soc Psychiatry. 2017 ; 33(3): 208-12 [internet] (cited 2018 Jun 3). Available from: http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2017;volume=33;issue=3;spage=208;epage=212;aulast=Daniel
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