Abstract
Background: The study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing among adults in Chikkagollarahatti in Bangalore. Objectives: to assess existing knowledge regrading hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing, to assess effectiveness of structured teaching programme on hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing and to find out the association between the knowledge score with the selected demographic variables. Methods: one group pretest posttest, pre-experimental design was used. Sample: 40 adults, the purposive sampling technique was adapted to select subjects, pretest was obtained by using structured self-administered questionnaire from the adults. On the same day structured teaching programme was administered to the adults for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Post test was conducted on 8 th day by using same structured self-administered questionnaire from the participants. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Result: regrading the existing knowledge of hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing, there was lack of knowledge in all aspects among adult people. The pretest mean knowledge score of adults was 10(25%), while the posttest mean knowledge was 21(53%). statistically obtained ‘t’value was 1.684 which is significant at 0.05 level. There exists a significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge score on hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing among adult people. Hence the research hypotheses H1 is accepted. There exist significant association between posttest knowledge score on hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing among adult people with demographic variables such as educational status. Hence H2 is accepted. Interpretation & conclusion: hence the findings reveled that structured teaching programme was effective in enhancement of the knowledge of the adult people on hazards of smokeless tobacco chewing.