Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Prevention and Control of Alcohol Use among Undergraduate College Students

Abstract

Introduction: Use of alcohol among college students is a worldwide problem. Alcoholism is gradually tearing down the college students irrespective of gender. Incidents of many diseases are preventable through changes in health behavior by adopting health education strategies for educating the students. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of the structured teaching program (STP) on knowledge and attitude regarding prevention and control of alcohol use among undergraduate college students. Materials and Methods: One group pre-test and post-test design was used on 163 undergraduate college students at Shekhawati P.G. College Kanwat, Sikar (Rajasthan), using Stratified random sampling. STP, structured knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale were used to collect the data. Results: Study found a statistically significant (t = 41.60, df = 162, P = 0.0153) increase in mean knowledge score (mean difference of 9.57) from mean pre-test knowledge score of 10.14, SD ± 2.09 to post-test knowledge score of 19.71, SD ± 2.18 after administration of the STP. Similarly, post-exposure to the STP a statistically significant (t = 19.47, df = 162, P = 0.0326) improvement in attitude score, from pre-test attitude scores of 68, SD ± 8, to mean post-test attitude score 77.97, SD ± 5.78, was found with mean difference of 9.97. It shows that STP was effective in enhancement of knowledge and attitude of undergraduate college students. The post-test knowledge and attitude score showed statistically significant correlation (r = 0.73, df = 161, P = 0.00001). Conclusion: Systematically prepared STP on prevention and control of alcohol use was effective in improving the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate college students.