Spread Of Knowledge Research Articles

Enhancing Software Development Teams’ Client Awareness: An Empirical Study of Its Impact on Productivity

In the software industry, a critical factor in a project’s success is raising productivity, and software development teams must always consider its challenges. In today’s competitive industry, the productivity of team members in software development is a serious issue that attracts considerable attention. Studies have been conducted on various aspects of team and individual productivity; however, the literature still refers to a lack of research into the impact of team awareness, observing that it is an essential element of knowledge management in the project’s development life cycle. This study takes up this point and presents an actual software development case study to investigate the impact of increasing knowledge and producing adequate information on clients’ domain and business model on both team productivity and that of each individual member. The study was undertaken with two development teams over one month, each receiving about 300 requirements. One of the teams was given sufficient information on the client’s domain and background in terms of its business model, while the other was given nothing before it went to the client’s workplace, without any knowledge of its domain. The results achieved were statistically significant, showing better productivity among the team with the information, with 261 of 300 requirements completed, whereas the other completed just 107. The findings of this study will help software research to focus both on the aspects of knowledge management that relate to software development and on the correlation between them. The study also supports software development project managers to enhance the value of knowledge when they are delivering training and to equate the time spent spreading knowledge to giving team members adequate information about the clients’ domains and business models. This will be reflected in both the quality and productivity of the entire development process.

Self-assessment of career development - educational perspective

With the development of the market economy and the faster spread of knowledge and skills, in the fierce competition, in order to obtain stability and better development, people are paying attention to design their personal development plans. Firstly in this essay a brief description of personal development plan is presented. Following this, a critical analysis how the usage of personal development plans influences the individual growth through knowledge and skills acquisition is discussed. Finally, a good and effective employ development plan is proposed.

School-Based Management: Obstacles and Solutions, a Phenomenological Study

School-Based Management: Obstacles and Solutions, a Phenomenological Study

OP615 Implementing EUnetHTA Products: The Implementation Experiences In Italy

IntroductionThe Italian National Agency for Regional Health Services (AGENAS) participation in the European network (EUnetHTA) allowed capacity building and the spread of knowledge, tools and methodologies built by the network. In the latest Joint Action, AGENAS is implementing both EUnetHTA tools/methdologies and assessments. This was done both by the “adaptation” of most relevant EunetHTA assessments to Italian context or by “traslation” of EUnetHTA assessments’ Summeries. Language barriers have been highlighted from local HTA partners who aknowledged that contents written in italian could have a higher potential for dissemination.MethodsTo adapt a EUnetHTA report we evaluate if the PICOD fits our context with clinicians and stakeholders. We thus update systematic review and/or add other context specific domains. The EUnetHTA report summaries were translated into Italian and reviwed by clinicians. The HTA Core Model® was incorporated into national processes (Procedure Manual, HTA report templates, assessment elements, the Planned and On going Projects (POP) database was also used.ResultsImplementation of EUnetHTA's tools and products consisted of i) Production of national assessment reports based on EUnetHTA assessments; ii) Dissemination of EUnetHTA assessment iii) Translation of EUnetHTA assessments summaries and publication on Agenas website iv) Use of EUnetHTA POP Database for the national HTA programme; v) Embedment Integration of the EUnetHTA HTA Core Model®ConclusionsThe use of the Core Model® allowed a better standardisation of AGENAS' outputs. The Assessement Element based structure assists authors with the choices of relevant research questions; and the Domain-based structure allowed an efficient division of work among the authors. The use of the Core Model® among European partners faciliated the adaptation of other national HTA reports to our context. The adaptation and translation of EUneHTA assessments provides more homogenous choices among Italian regions and European countries, and so does the use of the POP database as a source of information about technologies that are on other EU Countries agenda.

موقف الشریعة الإسلامیة من الاختراق الإلکترونی وأثره فی التعدی على خصوصیة الآخرین

موقف الشريعة الاسلامية من الاختراق الالکتروني وأثره في التعدي على خصوصية الآخرين مما لا شک فيه إن ازدهار الحضارة وانتشار التقدم التقني ساعد في تسهيل الکثير من أمور حياتنا ، وله العديد من الإيجابيات في تطور العلم وانتشار المعرفة ولکنه في نفس الوقت جلب لنا العديد من المخاطر والأضرار والسلبيات المتعلقة بالحاسب والإنترنت ، والتي لم يکن في ذهن مصمميها تلک الأخطار والجرائم التي ترتکب من خلالها، وذلک لأن استخدام شبکة الإنترنت في بدايتها قد اقتصر على مراکز الأبحاث وطلاب الجامعات للاستفادة منها في الأغراض العلمية، ولم يکن في الحسبان ذلک الانتشار الواسع الذي شمل کافة فئات المجتمع. ومن بين تلک الأمور السلبية الاختراق الإلکتروني إذ هو شکل من أشکال السلوک غير المشروع الذي يرتکب باستخدام الإنترنت ، فمما لاشک فيه إن الاختراق الإلکتروني هو خرق لخصوصية الآخرين وهتک لحرماتهم وتجسس على معلوماتهم وبياناتهم التي لا يرغبون في أن يطلع عليها الآخرون . ومن المعروف أن الاختراق بصفة عامة يعني القدرة على الوصول إلي البيانات الموجودة على الأجهزة الشخصية بوسائل غير مشروعة، ودون رغبة صاحب هذه البيانات. وتختلف أهداف الاختراقات، فقد تکون المعلومات هي الهدف المباشر حيث يسعى المخترق لسرقة أو تغيير أو إزالة معلومات معينة، وقد يقوم المخترق بجريمته بقصد إظهار قدراته على الاختراق وتتسبب هذه الاختراقات غير المشروعة في خسائر مادية کبيرة للأفراد والمؤسسات . ولذلک کان لابد من التصدي لهذه الظاهرة والحد منها وذلک ببيان أحکامها وموقف الشريعة منها . يشهد عالمنا کل يوم خطوة في التقدم والتطور في العلوم والتکنولوجيا، وبفضل هذا التقدم عرفت مظاهر التقنية الحديثة مثل الهواتف الذکية ، وتعد شبکة الإنترنت أکثر هذه المظاهر أهمية ، فکثرة استخدام شبکة الإنترنت وشيوعها بين عامة الناس جعلها وسيلة للاختراق ومن ثم ارتکاب کثير من التعديات نحو التجسس والتشهير بالسب والقذف فضلا عن ذلک أن شبکة الإنترنت قد تکون محلا لاعتداء المخترقين مما يعرض أنظمتها ومعلوماتها للخطر فکان لابد من بيان أحکام الاختراق الالکتروني وما يترتب عليه من آثار ، ومن هذا المنطلق تظهر أهمية الدراسة. There is no doubt that the prosperity of civilization and the spread of technical progress helped facilitate many of our lives, and it has many positives in the development of science and the spread of knowledge, but at the same time it brought us many risks, damages and negatives related to the computer and the Internet, which were not in the minds of the designers of these dangers And the crimes that are committed through it, because the use of the Internet at its beginning was limited to research centers and university students to benefit from them for scientific purposes, and it was not taken into account that the widespread spread that included all groups of society. Among those negative things is electronic penetration, as it is a form of unlawful behavior committed using the Internet, so there is no doubt that electronic penetration is a violation of the privacy of others and a violation of their privacy and spying on their information and data that they do not wish to be seen by others. It is known that penetration in general means the ability to access data on personal devices by illegal means, and without the desire of the owner of this data. The goals of breaches differ, as information may be the direct target where the hacker seeks to steal, change, or remove specific information, and the hacker may commit his crime with the intent to show his abilities to penetrate and these illegal breaches cause significant material losses to individuals and institutions. Therefore, this phenomenon had to be addressed and curbed, by clarifying its provisions and the position of Sharia on it. Every day our world is witnessing a step in progress and development in science and technology, and thanks to this progress I have known the manifestations of modern technology such as smart phones, and the Internet is the most important of these manifestations, as the widespread use of the Internet and its popularity among the general public made it a way to penetrate and then commit many violations towards espionage The defamation of insults and defamation, in addition to that, the Internet may be a place for attacking infiltrators, which exposes its systems and information to risk, so it was necessary to clarify the provisions of electronic penetration and its implications, and from this standpoint the importance of the study.

Çevirmen Adaylarının, Çevirmenlerin Statüleri ile İlgili Görüşleri ve Metaforik Algıları

Throughout history, translation has had a notable role in the spread of knowledge. Contrary to what is assumed, translation is not confined to just finding the equivalences of words. Translators are quite active in the translating process, and translation, as a multidimensional act, requires various skills and responsibilities. However, despite the fact that translation is a very old human activity, translation as a profession seems to require more time to gain the desired status, which is the focus of this study. This study aims to reveal prospective translators’ perceptions about their future profession before they start working as professional translators, and it focuses on students’ viewpoints about translation, translators, status of translators and the probable ways to enhance the status of translators. Hence, 23 second-year students enrolled in the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies were included in this study. Data were collected qualitatively through reflection papers and open-ended question forms that aimed to elicit the participants’ views regarding the definition of translation and suggestions about improving the status of translators. The findings indicate that translator trainees have different descriptions regarding translation, translators, and translation processes and think that translators have low-status. The study provides a number of suggestions of prospective translators to increase the status of the profession.

Sustainable Activities of Universities: Experience from the Open Access Articles in the Economic Subject Area

Following to the global trends, the future role of sustainable universities will expand with the new focuses as, for example, entrepreneurial activities and Open Science. Entrepreneurial activities of universities provide possibilities to contribute to sustainability and Open Science is the tool for fast and simultaneous spread and exchange of the newest knowledge and good practices. This research focuses on three questions – how widespread economically oriented sustainable activities of universities are, which activities universities prefer as sustainable and economically oriented, and how often universities share such knowledge through Open Access articles. For the purpose, the author applies the monographic method, the logical analysis method, and the scientific induction method for the study of the selected Open Access articles about sustainable activities of universities in the economic subject area. Research findings indicate that the idea about sustainable and economically oriented activities of universities is widespread around the world and there are case studies from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. The analysis demonstrates differentiated accents in sustainable economically oriented activities of universities – globally accepted sustainability goals in economic sphere, entrepreneurial ecosystems, topicality of sustainability content in education for participants of labour market, new teaching approaches, transdisciplinary research, and university as sustainable and competitive participant at the market. Although, it is noteworthy to highlight that the exchange of knowledge and practice through Open Access articles in the relevant subject area is relatively modest and requires more attention from universities.

Mark Twain in Context

Mark Twain in Context

Atendimento de gestantes na atenção primária a saúde pela enfermagem durante a pandemia do SARS-COV-2

Objective: Describe the role of nurses in carrying out prenatal consultations during the pandemic within the scope of Primary the Health Care. Method: Descriptive study, an experience report. The same occurred in the period from March 2020 until June 2020 in the micro-region of the Sertões de Crateús, Ceara. Results: The nursing professional plays an important role in guiding the entire population, especially pregnant women, who are at risk and are still attending the unit with certain frequency. Under this bias, health education in times of pandemic has focused on preventive measures against the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Conclusion: In this way, the strategy used qualifies as a useful instrument with easy access and that generates impacts on the population. Enabling a continuous intervention in patient care, with regard to prenatal care, the spread of knowledge, acts in a way to promote health and prevent injuries.

Letter of Editor

We are pleased to announce a new addition to SciencePower Publishing House, LLC journal collection: Journal of Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs (JRDOD), a peer-reviewed open-access medical journal that publishes original research, reviews, case reports, and letters covering a broad field of its specialty.
 Why do we need a new journal? Because the science moves fast all around the Planet and new technology opened new horizons for the prevention and treatment of rare and genetically based disorders.
 Rare disease and disorders often need a multidisciplinary care team, deep knowledge of healthcare providers, and extensive patients’ and patient families’ support. It may take years until a disease is recognized and/or diagnosed. Spreading knowledge about rare disease conditions among biomedical scientists and physicians from the different subspecialty fields including genetics, pediatrics, cardiology, pulmonary, gastroenterology, rheumatology, neurology, dietary science, and other related disciplines is one of the goals of this journal, which we will be widely advertised within the medical community.
 Patients with special conditions could be “Rare, but Not Alone” and we want to add our voice to those patient advocacies.
 We also want to spread knowledge about orphan drugs. Well known fact that an orphan drug is a medication (pharmaceutical) that remains underdeveloped due to the lack of a company to find the drug profitable because the numbers of patients, who will benefit from the treatment, are small and so the potential market for new drugs to treat these rare diseases is also small. This situation fortunately somewhat changed in 1983, when the U.S. Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act. It facilitated and charged the orphan drugs' developmental landscape. Nowadays the FDA established the Office of Orphan Product Development (OOPD) to help with the development of orphan drugs (and other medical products for rare disorders), including FDA support for research grants.
 The international medical community has recognized the need to increase research and development of orphan drugs. We hope that our journal will be a small contribution to the promotion of wellbeing of people with rare disease conditions.
 Our publisher motto is "Superbi progressu aspiramus ad maximum" (the proud aspire to great promise).
 Please, consider submitting your next manuscript to the Journal of Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs.

Health care and the spread of medical knowledge in the Portuguese empire, particularly the Estado da Índia (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries)

AbstractThis article deals with the presence of physicians, surgeons and apothecaries in the early modern Portuguese empire and the dissemination of medical knowledge there. In Portugal itself, the health care sector had been the target of considerable royal interference since the final years of the fifteenth century, during the construction of the early modern state. Regulatory frameworks were established to harmonise health care practice throughout the country and to control the organisation and distribution of the available health care practitioners among local communities. As this was also the time when Portugal was investing heavily in its colonies, how were these policies reflected in the empire? Did health care feature in the Portuguese government’s colonial strategies? How did the official policy to send medical personnel overseas work on the ground? Did it operate at a large enough scale to transform local practices?

Formative independent evaluation of a digital change programme in the English National Health Service: study protocol for a longitudinal qualitative study

IntroductionMany countries are launching large-scale, digitally enabled change programmes as part of efforts to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care. We have been commissioned to conduct an independent...

THEORETICAL AND LEGAL BASIS OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN

The article is devoted to the study of theoretical and legal preconditions for the emergence and development of the information society in Japan. The world is currently in a transitional position from an industrial to an information society. Increasing the level of computerization, the emergence and spread of the Internet, globalization processes – all contribute to the rapid spread of information and knowledge, which in turn leads to the transformation of our familiar society into a new – information society.Of course, such processes affect the rule-making activities of state institutions. In turn, the example of the Japanese model of the information society is very interesting and relevant today and can serve as an example for Ukraine in achieving the goal of creating an information society. The article analyzes the basic concepts of Japanese scientists, which later became the theoretical basis of information reform. Separately, the article considers the theory of the information society of Y. Masuda, who was also one of the authors of government programs in the field of informatization in Japan.In addition, the article analyzes the main legal acts that laid the foundation for the development of the information society in Japan. Particular attention is paid to the strategies of electronic Japan, the consistent and effective implementation of which has created the conditions for the development of information and communication technologies and innovations in Japan.The goals of strategies and the results of their implementation are analyzed. As a result of the research, the main features of the theoretical and legal foundations of the formation of the information society in Japan are highlighted, as well as can be taken into account when conducting IT reform in Ukraine.

Evaluation of possible reasons for not opting for fixed dental prosthesis: Patient and Practitioner Perspective

With recent trends towards oral hygiene practices, the need for prosthetic rehabilitation has increased. There has been an increased spread of knowledge regarding the same as well as an increase in treatment options for the same. Epidemiological studies have shown that the anterior mandibular teeth usually are retained for the longest period, and the canines are the most persistent. Prosthetic rehabilitation of extracted teeth is important, and the choice of appropriate prosthesis is even more critical. There has been an increasing trend in the usage of removable options. The study aims to assess the different reasons to opt for a removable prosthesis than a fixed prosthesis. Retrospective data of 186 patients were obtained and segregated. Inclusion criteria included that they should be between 18 – 40 years, undergone removable denture therapy and should have visited during the period of the study. The data were tabulated, and the same was analyzed using SPSS by IBM version 20. The frequencies and cross-tabulations were performed, followed by correlation and association using the chi square test to check the correlation between the different variables. The results, thus obtained, were analyzed. Males (54.8%) undergo removable therapy more than females. Most common arch is upper arch (59.1%), the most common reason is to use a temporary denture (37.6%) Correlation seen between Arch and reason for not opting for FPD (p <0.05). The present study has revealed a lacuna in knowledge among patients and practitioners—further studies and programmes to be done to improve knowledge and help society.

Factors associated with postpartum women's knowledge, attitude and practice regarding human milk banks and milk donation: A cross-sectional survey

BackgroundBreast milk is the optimal method of human nutrition, and donor human milk is often needed to reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis and septicemia in preterm infants and improve their survival rate. Donor human milk is recommended as the first alternative when mothers’ milk is not available. The establishment of human milk banks is of great significance to promote the breastfeeding of preterm infants. However, there are insufficient studies on human milk banks and milk donation in China. Objectives(1) To investigate postpartum women's knowledge, attitude and practice regarding human milk banks and milk donation and to analyze the influencing factors. (2) To explore reasons why postpartum women reject milk donation and donor milk. Design and settingsA cross-sectional survey was conducted from February 2019 to July 2019 at two hospitals in Wuhan, a large city in central China. ParticipantsMothers who returned to hospital for postpartum follow-up within six months participated in this survey (N = 1078). MethodsQuestionnaires were used to obtain sociodemographic data and to determine participants’ knowledge, attitude and practice regarding human milk banks and milk donation. FindingsOf the respondents, 216 (20%) had prior knowledge of human milk banks and milk donation. For the sub-domain of knowledge, the item with the highest correct response rate was the benefit of breast milk, and the item with the lowest correct rate was the acceptance of donor human milk. For the sub-domain of attitude, 811(75.3%) of participants held a supportive attitude for the establishment of human milk banks, and 877(81.3%) were supportive of donating breast milk while 412 (38.3%) were supportive of accepting donor human milk. For the sub-domain of practice, the practice of milk donation was not optimistic as participants lacked interest in donating breast milk and spreading knowledge of breast milk banks, and only 28.3% of participants indicated that they would donate breast milk continuously. Participants’ age, educational background, weight of the newborn and having prior knowledge of human milk banks were factors that could positively predict their knowledge, attitude and practice associated with human milk banks and milk donation; medication usage during pregnancy or lactation was a factor negatively predicting their knowledge about human milk banks and milk donation. ConclusionThis study reveals that a majority of postpartum women are supportive of human milk banks and more willing to donate breast milk than receive donor milk. Lack of knowledge about human milk banks and safety concerns are the main factors hindering postpartum women from donating or accepting donor milk. Findings suggest that it is important to enhance public awareness regarding human milk banks as potential resources for life-saving therapy for preterm infants.This information should be disseminated during the early stage of the establishment of human milk banks. Moreover, health education of pregnant women should include the importance of human milk as well as the alternative and safety of donor milk from milk banks, especially for promoting the health of preterm infants and infants who are unable to receive mothers’ breastmilk.

Allocating outreach resources for disease control in a dynamic population with information spread

Infected individuals must be aware of disease symptoms to seek care, so outreach and education programs are critical to disease control. However, public health organizations often only have limited resources for outreach and must carefully design campaigns to maximize effectiveness, potentially leveraging word-of-mouth information spread. We show how classic epidemiological models can be reformulated such that identifying an efficient disease control resource allocation policy in the context of information spread becomes a submodular maximization problem. This means that our framework can simultaneously handle multiple, interacting dynamic processes coupled through the likelihood of disease clearance, allowing our framework to provide insight into optimal resource allocation while considering social dynamics in addition to disease dynamics (e.g., knowledge spread and disease spread). We then demonstrate that this problem can be algorithmically solved and can handle stochasticity in input parameters by examining a numerical example of tuberculosis control in India.

Delusions of Parasitosis Influenced by Crowdsourcing Diagnostic Platform CrowdMed

Thousands of patients look to crowdsourcing websites such as CrowdMed for medical guidance. These websites can provide opportunities for patient education and facilitate the spread of knowledge. However, when used inappropriately, crowdsourcing websites like CrowdMed can put strain on doctor-patient relationships. We present a case that highlights how a patient’s delusions of parasitosis were influenced and supported by the crowdsourcing website CrowdMed.

The Impact of Lithograph on Printmaking

Throughout history, humans’ constant need to register and express their thoughts has been the primary motivation to seek ways in which one can record his/her feelings and observations. The art of printmaking is one of the most important human reaches to spread culture and knowledge, as we find man in the primitive age who used stones, bones and wood in producing cylinder seals for the purpose of royal ratification and authentication. Lithography depends on the mutual contrast between water and grease. This is the basic rule on which it was founded in 1796. The German Alois Senefelder, accidentally invented a greasy substance to draw on limestone which consists of 97% calcium carbonate together with Arabic Gum + diluted Nitric acid to treat the surface and used water to separate the drawing from the stone background. This method is called lithography or flatbed printing as it is taken from flatbed surface level. However, ‘lithography’ is the exact name of this method of printing, as the word ‘litho’ means stone and ‘graph’ means writing or drawing in Greek. This invention was preceded by a series of attempts. The most important attempt was in 1787 -1788, when the German monk Simon Schmidt was able to print a copy of a book using nitric acid on the exposed parts. He was able to record pictures of plants, maps, and some subjects such as anatomy. This was the first hand-made stone print 10 years before Senefelder began his attempts on stone. A common disadvantage in lithographic stones is the presence of white lines or spots, sand or hard marks on the stones. These are all natural and often irreversible defects. These stones should be replaced immediately or the damaged parts should be avoided. However, some artists at using lithography find great difficulty in transporting and storing these large heavy masses. These masses range in thickness from 8 cm to 12 cm. Their thickness makes moving the stone a hard task at usage for the production of both commercial and artistic publications. The art of lithography is one of the most important methods of engraving and printing in contemporary life where the artist is given full freedom to perform; which means, an artist can carry out distinct artworks of different effects (such as in painting and photography). It is a faster process than other engraving and printmaking branches. This made it a stand-alone method and one of the most important methods of engraving. Lithography printing was developed to offset, based on the same theory of immiscibility of oil and water and has the same alternatives that were used to print lithographs such as zinc and aluminum. This resulted in its spread and its ease of commercial use. The offset printing machine consists of a set of drums and cylinders all revolving around its axes. The process begins with preparing the plate, then the surface is insulated and the design to be printed is transferred to it by photocopy. When inking the plate with greasy ink, it is washed with water, because the sensitive layer that was not exposed during photocopying is fragile and easy to be washed away with water. Other areas remain stuck to the ink by hardening it with light, so the printing process begins by installing the plate (zinc chips) around the top of the drum.

Disease and information spreading at different speeds in multiplex networks.

Nowadays, one of the challenges we face when carrying out modeling of epidemic spreading is to develop methods to control disease transmission. In this article we study how the spreading of knowledge of a disease affects the propagation of that disease in a population of interacting individuals. For that, we analyze the interaction between two different processes on multiplex networks: the propagation of an epidemic using the susceptible-infected-susceptible dynamics and the dissemination of information about the disease-and its prevention methods-using the unaware-aware-unaware dynamics, so that informed individuals are less likely to be infected. Unlike previous related models where disease and information spread at the same time scale, we introduce here a parameter that controls the relative speed between the propagation of the two processes. We study the behavior of this model using a mean-field approach that gives results in good agreement with Monte Carlo simulations on homogeneous complex networks. We find that increasing the rate of information dissemination reduces the disease prevalence, as one may expect. However, increasing the speed of the information process as compared to that of the epidemic process has the counterintuitive effect of increasing the disease prevalence. This result opens an interesting discussion about the effects of information spreading on disease propagation.

Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders and Effectiveness of Educational Package on Knowledge Regarding the Disorders among Adolescents in Selected Schools of Lekhnath, Nepal

Substance use disorders refers to the abuse of alcohol, illicit drugs, or substances such as over-thecounter medicines, medicines from unsupervised ordinary retail purchase, or even through prescription. It causes significant health problems and functional impairments such as disability and failure to meet responsibilities at work, school, or home. Common substance use disorders are use of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis (marijuana), stimulants, hallucinogens, sedatives, hypnotics, opioids, etc. Objective: To assess prevalence of substance use disorders and effectiveness of educational package on spreading knowledge about substance use disorders among adolescents in selected schools in Lekhnath, Nepal. Methodology: Pre experimental one group pretest and posttest design was used for the study. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was adopted for sampling. For the study, total of 155 adolescents studying in classes 9 and 10 were selected from schools in Lekhnath, Nepal. Self administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data obtained were entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using statistical tool SPSS 16.0.  Result: Among 155 adolescents, 97.40% had heard of substance use disorders. 62.24% of people received the information about substance use disorders via mass media. Family members of 16.8% of samples were engaged in some kind of substance use disorders. 1.90% of sample students drank alcohol, who all happened to be male of age 15-16 years age group. In pretest, more than half (69.70%) of the adolescents had inadequate knowledge about substance use disorders. On the other hand, in the posttest, more than one third of adolescents (37.4%) had adequate knowledge and less than twothird adolescents (58.1%) had moderate knowledge on substance use disorders. The paired ‘t’ test was found to be significant on knowledge level (t=23.76 at 1% level).Only caste/ethnicity of demographical variable was found to be associated with pretest knowledge regarding substance use disorders (F= 3.495 at 5% level, p=0.033). Conclusion: The study concluded that adolescents are in great risk for substance use disorders. After educating on substance use disorders, adolescents gained adequate knowledge regarding the disorder. Study supports that educational package was effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding substance use disorders among adolescents