A Study to Assess the Knowledge regarding Health Hazards of Carbonated drinks among Adolescents in selected areas of Pallithottam, with a view to develop an Informational booklet

The research project undertaken was “A study to assess the knowledge regarding health hazards of carbonated drinks among adolescents in selected areas of Pallithottam, with a view to develop an informational booklet.” Objectives: Objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of adolescents regarding health hazards of carbonated drinks, to findout the association between knowledge regarding health hazards of carbonated drinks among adolescents and selected demographic variables and to develop an informational booklet on health hazards of carbonated drinks. Research methodology: In this study sample was 100 adolescents belonging to the age group of 13-19 years. In order to assess the knowledge regarding health hazards of carbonated drinks, purposive sampling technique was adopted. The tool used for data collection was self-structured knowledge Questionnaire. The data analysis of the study was based on the objectives of the study using descriptive and Inferential statistics. Result: Findings of the study revealed that 23% had poor knowledge, 60% had moderate knowledge, 17% had good knowledge and 0% had excellent knowledge regarding health hazards of carbonated drinks. There was significant association between knowledge score and demographic variables like age, frequency of consumption of carbonated drinks and previous source of information. There was no significant association between knowledge and the demographic variables like gender, type of family, economic status, preferred carbonated drinks, occasion of consumption of carbonated drinks and money spend to buy carbonated drinks. Based on findings, the researchers had drawn implication which was vital concerns in the field of nursing practice, nursing administration, and nursing education and also for the future development.