Influence of Socioeconomic and Cultural Characteristics on Self Care Practice Among Middle Adolescence in Government Higher Secondary School, Muniyappankoil, Namakkal (District)

The promotion of self care has been recognized as an important aspect of managing demand for health care more effectively. The purpose this study was to describe general self - care practices of middle adolescents. In addition the, relation between the general self - care practices and specific socio cultural and socio economic characteristics. The main objective of this study is to assess the influence on socio economic and cultural characteristics on self care practice among adolescents. 30 Middle adolescent from Government Higher Secondary School, Muniyappankovil, Namakkal (Dist) were selected by purposive sampling technique. Check list was used to collect the data from the samples. The study can be concluded that the socio economic and cultural characteristics have an influence on the self care practices of the middle adolescents.