Hepatitis B is a potentially life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. It is a major global health problem and success in the prevention of this disease with its fatal consequence depends to a large extent on the public level of knowledge and their awareness about it. Therefore, a study was conducted to assess the knowledge on Hepatitis B among among adolescents in selected rural government junior colleges. The setting was selected Rural government junior colleges of Tirupati (Chandragiri). A probability Stratified random sampling was used to select the 100 College students. A structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the knowledge and a checklist to assess knowledge on prevention of Hepatitis B were used. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.57% adolescent students had moderate knowledge followed by 23% had inadequate and 20% had adequate knowledge. Chi-square test was computed for association of demographic variables with knowledge regarding Hepatitis- B. The findings showed significant association in Hepatitis B knowledge among adolescent students with regard to Gender (c2 =0.001**) at 0.01 level of significance .No significant association was found with other demographic variables. The findings of the study revealed that most of the adolescent students had moderate knowledge regarding Hepatitis B.

Keywords: Hepatitis B; Adolescent students; Knowledge.