2022, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part B

Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics, toiletries, and skin-care products, including sunscreens, quite frequently cause adverse reactions, and are commonest single reason for hospital referrals with allergic contact dermatitis.

i.To develop and validate the PowerPoint Assisted Teaching (PPAT) on Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage among Teenagers.

ii.To assess the level of Knowledge regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage before and after administration of PPAT among Teenagers.

iii.To evaluate the Effectiveness of PPAT regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage among Teenagers in terms of Post-test Knowledge scores.

iv.To find out the association between Post-test Knowledge scores regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics usage among Teenagers with their selected Demographic variable.

Methods: Quasi experimental research design was used. A panel of 8 experts ascertained the content validity of the tool. Reliability of tool was tested by using test retest method and the reliability of the tool was reliable. A pilot study was conducted by administering the questionnaires to 6 respondents who fulfil the sampling criteria. And Main Research study was conducted with 60 respondents who fulfil the sampling criteria.

Results: Majority 66.7% of the Teenagers were found to have above average Knowledge regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage while 33.3% were having average Knowledge and none of them had below average Knowledge regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage after PowerPoint Assisted Teaching. A significant association was found between the Knowledge and Demographic variable of Teenagers like Age in Years and Educational Qualification at 0.05 level of significance.

Conclusion: The study concludes that as the Knowledge regarding Adverse Effects of Cosmetics Usage among Teenagers was found to be inadequate. Hence, education programs using motivating interventions like PowerPoint Assisted Teaching was essential to create awareness on prevention of Adverse Effects of Cosmetics.