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@article{183405,
        author = {Rakesh Gomes},
        title = {“A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding effects of passive smoking among adults in a rural area of Nelamangala at Bengaluru”},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {1408-1413},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183405},
        abstract = {Title: A Study to Assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding effects of passive smoking among adults in a rural area of Nelamangala at Bengaluru.
Aim: To assess the knowledge regarding effects of passive smoking..
Methodology: A one group pre-test post test  design was adopted for this study. 60 subjects who met the inclusion criteria, were selected using a probability  random sampling technique. Data was collected using a structured knowledge questionnaire. Chi-square test was used to find association of knowledge with their selected demographic variable.
Results: Pretest Knowledge: Maximum 34(56.7%)respondents were having average knowledge, 18(30%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 8(13.3%) of respondents were having good knowledge. Post- test knowledge: Maximum 32(53.3%) of respondents were having average knowledge and remaining 28(46.7%) of respondents were having good knowledge. The findings reveal that the post-test mean knowledge scores was found higher [mean=20.26, SD of 3.36] when compared with pre-test mean knowledge score value which was 13.45with SD of 5.08.
Conclusion: The findings revealed that, Knowledge of rural adults regarding effects of passive smoking was inadequate before the administration of structured teaching program.. Since a very few studies have been conducted regarding this topic in India, nurse researcher can take further studies on the same topic.},
        keywords = {Knowledge, structured teaching programme, passive smoking and adults in a rural area.},
        month = {August},
        }