DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i01.054

Pages: 299-302

Background: Our study was done on the school going adolescent boys of age ranging from. 13-19 years in the schools of Indore city of central India, which was a cross sectional observational study under school health program. Method: A total of 703 students participated but the questionnaires of 641 students were complete, which were included in the data analysis. Data was coded and tabulated systematically under appropriate headings and their percentage was calculated to get the results. Conclusion: Youth are the future of any nation and substance abuse, accidents and other adolescent related problems can pose heavy burden on resources and economy of a country and its growth.