Effectiveness of a Secondhand Smoking Prevention Program on Adolescents.
10.12799/jkachn.2014.25.1.44
- Author:
Min Ah PARK
1
;
Mi Ye KIM
;
Young Sun HA
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Sunlin College, Pohang, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Prevention;
Adolescent
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Adolescent*;
Assertiveness;
Data Collection;
Gyeongsangbuk-do;
Humans;
Nursing;
Smoking;
Statistics as Topic;
Tobacco Smoke Pollution*
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2014;25(1):44-53
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study has examined effectiveness of a secondhand smoking prevention program for adolescents. METHODS: The study was done in a nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest design. The subjects of the current study were 198 middle school students from K city in the Gyeongbuk province. The students were assigned to an experimental group (100) and participated in the secondhand smoking prevention program or to a control group (98) and did not take part. Data collection was done from June to July 2012. A Chi-square test, independent t-test, paired t test and ANCOVA were used with the SPSS 18.0 program for data analysis. RESULTS: There were significant differences between the groups in knowledge of short-term influence of secondhand smoking (F=9.65, p<.005), knowledge of long-term influence of secondhand smoking (F=15.53, p<.001), verbal coping skills for secondhand smoking prevention (F=16.35, p<.001), behavioral coping skills for secondhand smoking prevention (F=8.49, p<.005), and assertiveness of secondhand smoking prevention (F=17.30, p<.001) measurements. CONCLUSION: The secondhand smoking prevention program delivered to the adolescents is an effective method of encouraging secondhand smoking prevention and can be utilized as an effective nursing intervention for adolescents.
