Effectiveness of different methods of health education on knowledge and attitude regarding palliative care among college students in urban Puducherry: a pre-post intervention study.

Background: The World Health Organization estimates that around 6 million people need palliative care in India but not even 1% of the patients have access to it.

Objective: To find the prevalence of knowledge on palliative care and compare the effectiveness of different methods of health education on attitude regarding palliative care among urban college students in southern India.

Subjects: A pre-post intervention study was conducted in three different arts, science and commerce colleges in urban Pondicherry in August 2017.