Efficacy of awareness instructional program on behavioral outcomes regarding ill effects of smart phone on health and its effective management among adolescents from selected educational institutions of Mysore city

Background of the study: In this technology era, electronic devices and gadgets have taken control over our lives, and devices like computers, laptops, Wi-Fi modems, and mobile phones have become an inseparable part of our lives. We are extremely concerned to ease our task that we ignore the invisible harmful effects of radiations emitted through these gadgets that affect us as well as our environment. Methodology: A Quantitative research approach with pre-experimental, one group pretest and posttest design were used to carry out the study. Adolescents from selected educational institutions of Mysore city hose who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. Structure knowledge questionnaire and Optionaire - Likert scale was prepared to assess the behavioral outcomes of ill effects of smart phone on health and its effective management. Cronbach's Alpha value 0.65 (good enough) and attitude tool Cronbach's Alpha value 0.91 is excellent. This indicates that tool was reliable. Data was analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: The study findings revealed adolescents majority 285 (95.0%) had positive perception followed by 15 (5.0%) had Neutral perception and none of participants had negative perception. The perception of adolescents on effects of smart phone usage is 60.85% with mean score 63.87 and standard deviation 4. 075. The before test awareness score was 20.67 and after test awareness score was 32.77 and mean difference of knowledge score was 12.1. The obtained t- test value was 40.115 which shows statistical significance at p