International Journal of Innovative Research in Health Science

Women and a tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting ink, using a needle either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. A body piercing is exactly that a piercing or puncture made in the body by a needle, after which a piece of jewellery is inserted into the puncture. The most popular pierced body parts seem to be the ears, nostrils and the belly button. A study to assess the knowledge and attitude on effects of tattooing and body piercing among adolescent in selected college of Kalapet, Puducherry To assess the knowledge and attitude on effects of tattooing and body piercing among adolescents. To find the correlation between the knowledge and attitude of adolescent regarding the effects of tattooing and body piercing. To find the association between the knowledge and attitude and body piercing with selected demographic variables. The research approach adopted for this study is Quantitative Research Approach. Purposive sampling technique is used to select the samples. Inclusive criteria: Willing to participate in the study. Male and female adolescent who are in the age of 18- 21years.Exclusive criteria: Who have already attended health programmes related to effects of tattooing and Body piercing. Regard to age nearly 35.2% of adolescent were 18years, 11.7% of adolescents were21years.Majority of the adolescents were Male 79.1% and the minor group of adolescents were female 20.9%.only 1% of adolescents have adequate knowledge 43.4% of adolescents have moderately adequate knowledge and 55.6% have inadequate knowledge on body piercing.51.5% of adolescents have favorable attitude and 48.5% of adolescents have neutral attitude towards tattooing and body piercing. There was (p value = 0.05) no statistically significant association between knowledge level and gender, father‟s education, mother‟s education. There was (p value = 0.05) no statistically significant associated between level of attitude and age, father’s education and mother’s education. There is a statisticallysignificant association between attitude level and gender. There is a weak positive(r = 0.051) correlation between knowledge and attitude on effects of tattooing among adolescents. There is a weak positive(r =0.118) correlation between knowledge and attitude on effects of body piercing among adolescent. The study concludes that 32.6% of adolescent have inadequate knowledge on tattooing and 55.6% have inadequate knowledge on body piercing. There is a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude towards tattooing and body piercing among adolescents. There was no statistically significant association between knowledge and age, gender and father‟s education. There was statistically significant association between attitude and gender.