Poonam Kumari Yadav

Department of Nursing, Institute of Medicine, Birgunj, Nepal

Publications

  • Research Article   
    Knowledge Regarding Drug Abuse among School Students
    Author(s): Poonam Kumari Yadav41476* and Rejina Parajuli41477

    Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding drug abuse among the school students. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross sectional study design was used. 106 samples were selected randomly from grade IX and X of Shree Janak Secondary School. Self-administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate percentage and frequency. The chi square test was used to find association between selected demographic variable and level of knowledge. P value of 0.05 was considered significant. Results: 99.1% of the respondents heard about drug abuse, 97.9% said drug abuse is bad for health, 96.2% said Gaja is commonly available, 51.9% said high chance of getting HIV with drug abuse, 67% said financial burden as cause, 60.4%.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.13.6.361-365

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