1Sister In charge, Asansol District Hospital, Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal
2Senior Lecturer, Govt. CON, Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata
3Principal (Acting), Govt. CON, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are regarded to be important health problems that demand appropriate control programme before they assume epidemic proportions. There is a strong need for public health community to identify, prepare, integrate and implement activities that help to promote health and healthy lifestyles ofyoung people.
The main aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and risk factors of young adults regarding non-communicable diseases and to evaluate the effectiveness ofthe selfinstructional module (SIM) in terms ofpost knowledge score & association with selected socio demographic variables.
Apre-experimental approach and one group pre-test post test design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling followed by stratified random technique was used to select 60 students from the selected college. A structured questionnaire was developed to collect socio-demographic variables and a knowledge questionnaire to assess knowledge before and after introduction of the SIM. The SIM was developed and validated by nine experts.
The findings of the study revealed that, the mean post-test knowledge score (17.6) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (10.43) with significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores't ’= 20.14, {df (59) p>0.05}. There is no significant association with socio-demographic variables.
SIM was effective in imparting knowledge regarding risk factors of non communicable disease among young adults.
Effectiveness, self-instructional module, knowledge, NCDs, young adults
