Knowledge regarding Ill Effects of Alcohol among the Undergraduate Students of Selected Colleges of Belagavi, Karnataka

Ashok Kamat

Abstract


India is a one of the largest democratic and a secular country in South Asia occupying almost 3% of the world’s land area but supporting 866 million people. Alcohol consumption has been in existence in India for many centuries. However, the overall quantity patterns of use and problems resulting from this consumption as have shown significant changes during the last two decades. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding the ill effects of alcohol among the undergraduate students and to find out the association between knowledge scores with selected demographic variables. The study was conducted on 40 undergraduate students from K.L.EU Institute of Nursing Sciences Belagavi. Convenient sampling technique was used for the selection of sample. Data was collected by using pre-validated structured questionnaire. The results showed that majority 26(65%) of subject were average, 07(17.5%) of students were good and 1(17.5%) of the subject was poor and there was no significant association with demographic variables like age, gender, education of mother and family monthly income.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijchn.v1i1.581

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