The Effectiveness of Information, Education and Communication on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Regarding Obesity among Adolescents at Selected Government Schools in Kancheepuram District Shanthi M.1,*, Kanniammal C.2, Mahendra Jaideep3, Valli G.4 1Research Scholar, Chettinad College of Nursing, Kelambakkam, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 2Dean, Faculty of Nursing, SRM College of Nursing, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 3Professor, Department of Periodontics and Director of PG studies, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 4Professor, Head, Department of Pharmacology and Controller of examinations, Meenakshi Academy of Higher education and Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India *Corresponding Author: M. Shanthi Professor, Chettinad College of Nursing, Chennai Mobile: 7299286825, Email: shanthi.nissi@gmail.com
Online published on 21 February, 2019. Abstract A true experimental study to assess the effectiveness of information, education and communication on knowledge, attitude, practice towards obesity and obesity reduction among the obese adolescence population at selected government schools of kancheepuram district. A true experimental research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in 6 schools in government schools of kancheepuram district. The samples of the study were all obese adolescents between the age group of 12–15 years. The Probability multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the schools and samples for the study. The data collection instrument was the Structured Interview Questionnaire to assess the knowledge on obesity, five point attitude scale to assess the attitude towards obesity, Dietary, physical activity and lifestyle practices check list to assess the practice towards obesity, and bio physiological measurements of BMI, BMR and Fat percentage to assess the level of obesity. Regarding Obesity reduction, the analysis revealed that in the post-test of the experimental group, the overall mean BMI, was 25.52 with an S.D of 2.89. In the control group, the overall mean BMI was 28.00 with an S.D of 3.11. The unpaired‘t’ test value was t 6.12, t=2.52 and t=2.14 which was greater than the table value at p=0.001, p=0.01 and p=0.03 for all three components and revealed that there was a high significant difference between the experimental and control groups. Top Keywords Information Education Communication on Obesity Reduction, Knowledge questionnaire, Attitude and lifestyle practices check list. Top |