Abstract
An evaluative study was conducted on effectiveness of street play on alcoholism among 50 adolescents of Shivapur Village who were selected using simple random sampling technique.. A pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was used. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection and the data were tabulated and analyzed according to the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Posttest scores compared with pretest scores showed an observable increase in the knowledge of young\ adults as majority 42 (84%) of them had high knowledge and remaining 8 (16%) had average knowledge and no single young adult remained in low knowledge category. There was no association between the knowledge of young adults on alcoholism with the selected demographic variables.
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Dandagi, Shivraj R.; Devulkar, Namrata M.; Bevoor, Darshan D.; and Moreshwar, Sangeeta A.
(2014)
"A study to evaluate the effectiveness of street play on alcoholism among young adults residing in Shivapur village of a Handignur Primary Health Center, Belgaum,"
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/2349-5006.135093
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https://kleijhsbr.researchcommons.org/journal/vol7/iss1/11
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52
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54
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