Journal of Dental and Orofacial Research
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Effectiveness of Educational Intervention among Adolescents Pertaining to Tobacco Consumption in Bangalore City

  • Author:
  • Neelanjali Matapathi1, K Sneha Shenoy2,, K M Shwetha3, K Pushpanjali4
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 4 to 7

1Final Year Under-graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, (Previously Known as M.S. Ramaiah Dental College and Hospital), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2Post-graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, (Previously Known as M.S. Ramaiah Dental College and Hospital), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

3Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, (Previously Known as M.S. Ramaiah Dental College and Hospital), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

4Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, (Previously Known as M.S. Ramaiah Dental College and Hospital), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

*Correspondence Dr.K Sneha Shenoy. Department of Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Sciences, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, MSR Nagar, Bengaluru-560054, Karnataka, India. Phone: +91-9844994993. Email: sne.shen@gmail.com

Online published on 18 January, 2019.

Abstract

The aim was to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention among adolescents pertaining to tobacco consumption in Bangalore city.

An intervention study was conducted in school, which was selected by convenient sampling method. Necessary permissions and ethical clearance were obtained. 9th and 10th standard students were divided into two groups. Health education intervention was given in the form of lecture using Power Point presentation (PPT) for Group A and lecture without PPT for Group B. Knowledge was assessed using structured validated questionnaire before and after the health education. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.

A total of 55 students completed the data. Paired t-test was used to assess the difference in knowledge within groups for pre- and post-intervention, which was statistically significant (Group A - 7.5 and 8.95) (Group B - 6.7 and 8.3). Whereas, unpaired t-test was employed to assess the difference in the method of intervention and no statistically significant difference between the two methods education was observed.

Health education proved to be an effective method in improving knowledge of adolescents irrespective of the method of intervention.

Keywords

Adolescents, adverse effects, educational intervention, tobacco