EFFECTIVENESS OF NLEP ON ATTITUDE REGARDING PREVENTION OFOBESITY AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTEDSCHOOLS

Many school-based interventions for obesity prevention have been proposed with positive changes in behaviour. The objective was to assess the effectiveness of a NLEP on prevention obesity among adolescents. Schools were randomized to intervention and control group. Methods and materials: Quantitative research approach with true experimental research design was used to find out the knowledge on prevention of obesity among school adolescents. The study was conducted among 200 adolescents studying 8th, 9th, 10th 11th and 12thin selected senior secondary schools, Jalandhar, Punjab. Probability stratified sampling technique was used to select samples. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the attitude of adolescents regarding prevention of obesity. Major findings: The overall analysis shows that uncertain attitude was found in both experimental group 84% and control group 85% before the implementation of NLEP. In the experimental group, attitude scores had improved after the implementation of NLEP, i.e., positive attitude is 61%, uncertain attitude is 39% Further, in the control group, it was observed that in post-test 81% had uncertain attitude, 9% had positive attitude. From the findings it can be interpreted that NLEP improved the level of attitude in the experimental group significantly than the control group. Conclusion: The results shown that, the nurse led educational package on prevention of obesity was improved the knowledge regarding prevention of obesity among the school adolescents.