Background: Alcoholism is considered as a serious public health issue in India and at large in the world. Adolescence is a period of the life cycle when individuals are managing multiple and complex development tasks. They have less self-control, emotional stability and more likely to smoke, drink, use drugs, and get in to trouble with the law. Objectives: 1. To assess the pre-test knowledge regarding alcoholism among adolescents. 2. To assess the post-test knowledge regarding alcoholism among adolescents. 3. To find out the association between post-test knowledge scores regarding alcoholism and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: A pre-experimental studyone group pre-test and post-test design was selected for the study. The study was conducted at Government Senior Secondary school, Gurugram, Haryana. Data was collected from 30 students using structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: The study findings revealed that the mean knowledge score of students on alcoholism during pre-test (10.87±2.62) was lower than mean knowledge score of students on alcoholism during post-test (13±2.12). The difference in mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores was found to be significant. Conclusion: The result of present study clearly showed that the structured teaching programme regarding alcoholism had significant impact on knowledge of senior secondary school students.

Keywords: Alcoholism; Structured Teaching Programme; Adolescents; Effectiveness.