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This document summarizes a study assessing the effectiveness of a video teaching module on nursing students' knowledge of the ill effects of alcoholism. The introduction provides background on alcoholism as a significant public health issue in India, noting that 15% of Indians who try alcohol become addicted, and India has over 63 million alcohol addicts. Chronic alcohol abuse promotes alcoholism and is associated with genetic and other risk factors. College students often view alcohol as exciting and cool based on advertising and social norms. The study aims to assess nursing students' knowledge of alcoholism's harms after a video module.

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This document summarizes a study assessing the effectiveness of a video teaching module on nursing students' knowledge of the ill effects of alcoholism. The introduction provides background on alcoholism as a significant public health issue in India, noting that 15% of Indians who try alcohol become addicted, and India has over 63 million alcohol addicts. Chronic alcohol abuse promotes alcoholism and is associated with genetic and other risk factors. College students often view alcohol as exciting and cool based on advertising and social norms. The study aims to assess nursing students' knowledge of alcoholism's harms after a video module.

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Problem statement:

A study to assess the effectiveness of video


assisted teaching module regarding ill-effects of
alcoholism on knowledge of BSc nursing
students at KINS karad.
Introduction(http://indianissue.com/alcoholismin-india/)
Alcoholism in India is a social and a public health issue. Excessive alcoholism causes disastrous
health issues and India is one of the countries having excessive alcoholism. Also, chronic alcoholism
is one of the greatest causes that has led to the poverty in India. It can be observed that most of the
people from rural areas and those belonging to the lower economic groups have this addiction of
taking alcohol which causes emergence of severe diseases among them. This may result in death
due to lack of good treatments in rural areas. Alcoholism in India is mainly linked with the family
circumstances and is a social taboo.1
In India, 15% of the individuals trying alcohol get addicted to it. Today India is having almost
63 million alcohol addicted people and the rate of Alcoholism in India has risen by 175% in the last
three years. Around 35-40% of Indian population has consumed alcohol in the year 2015. Amongst
them, 11% of the Indian population is indulged in heavy drinking. The per capita consumption of
alcohol in the year 2015-16 is around 2.5 liters which are a quite big figure. This shows that Indian
population is highly addicted towards alcoholism1

Alcohol consumption is worldwide health issue. Alcohol is underline cause of


3.8% of total deaths and 4.5% of total loss of DALY irrespective of societies and
occupation [1] . Alcohol consumption will lead to many negative health effects and
an array of harmful social consequences, impaired environmental relations and
family relations [2-4] . Alcohol remains one of the widely used drugs among college
students [5] . Chronic alcohol abuse, particularly associated with other risk factors
(including genetic predisposition) promotes the development of alcoholism a
disorder associated with the loss of control on the volumes of consumed alcohol[1]
Generally they spoke of alcohol as a fact of life and part of g r o w i n g u p . I
t i s glamorized and made to "look exciting" and "cool" in advertising and is
ubiquitous at soc ial events. More than half of the students around 56.7% expect
that alcohol Original Article Access this article online Quick Response Code
ATTITUDE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TOWARDS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN
MANGALORE 1 1 1 1 1 Deepak Daniel , Devishri Shetty , Greeshma Jilson Jose ,
Haritha J , Jeevan Ravi , 1 1 2 3 Lakshmi S Pillai , Anupa Neghandi , Santhosh &
Rashmi Kundapur 1 2 3 Students, Medico Social Worker, Associate Professor,

Department of Community Medicine, K. S Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte university,


Mangalore, Karnataka, India. Correspondence: Rashmi Kundapur, Department of
Community Medicine, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore 575 018, Karnataka, India. Mobile : +91 98804 96567 E-mail :
dr.rashmi.kundapur@gmail.com
Abstract : Introduction :
According to various studies conducted, the response of the adolescent
towards alcohol is different. Attitudes ranged from acceptance that is to "easy to
get" and is "just going to happen, "to personal responsibilities, it's your choice not
to drink peer pressure; you end up drinking to be part of group. Objectives : To
assess the attitude of youngsters towards alcohol consumption. Materials and
methods : A survey was performed in colleges under NITTE University. Students
present at the time of visit were covered. A questionnaire was prepared comprising
of a set of 14 questions covering the 3 main objectives of the survey. Results : As
per our survey of the 1150 students, 26.4% (304) students consume alcohol. Of
these who consume alcohol, 188 (61.84%) students felt it was safe to drink. Also a
majority of 219 students (72.03%) did not want to stop their drinking habits and 225
(74.01%) students haven't tried quitting. Surprisingly, a good 1050 (91.30%) out of
1150 students responded that they were aware of the harmful effects of alcohol
consumption. Conclusion : We have concluded that the students are well informed
and they know the ill effects of alcohol consumption even though, most of them
consider it as a part of life style.
54.5% think that they will be more open and friendly.46.7% think that they
will target problems if 1 they drink. Many youngsters gave 3 most common reasons
provided for why they started drinking were:- That friends did it and look like fun, A
desire to experiment and see what it was like, Following the examples of family
members and relatives Many youngsters consume alcohol on a trail and error basis.
Early teens and junior high were characterized as they have experimented on
drinking. They consume alcohol from friends and peer who would often buy alcohol
for them.
Keywords:Attitude, alcohol consumption, youngsters, harmful effects.

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