“A Study To Assess The Effect Of QR Coded Self Instructional Module (SIM) On Knowledge Regarding Health Hazards Of Junk Food Among College Students.”

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Consuming fast food on a regular basis can be have detrimental effect on persons health. For instance, the consumption of intercalary fats, refined grains, salt, intercalary carbohydrates, and sweets all contribute to an increased likelihood of becoming obese.

AIM: To assess the level of knowledge regarding health hazards of junk food among college students.

METHODOLOGY: A descriptive and survey was conducted at the Dr. D. Y. Patil college of Arts, Commerce, Science, Pimpri, Pune - 18. 200 students consuming junk food were selected by convenient sampling technique. The researcher used the google questionnaire to assess the quality of life of students consuming junk food.

RESULT: The result showed that the 15.5% of the college students had poor knowledge, 40% of them had average knowledge and 44.5% of them had good knowledge regarding health hazards of junk food. Average knowledge score in pretest was 12.9 which increased to 21.8 in posttest. T-value for this test was 26.4 with 199 degrees of freedom. Corresponding p-value was small (less than 0.05), the null hypothesis is rejected. Average knowledge score in posttest was significantly higher than that in pretest.

CONCLUSION: The study concluded that the QR coded self-instructional module is significantly effective in improving the knowledge among college students regarding health hazards of junk food.